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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 
Volume  VI 

FACE 

CHRONOLOGICAL   INDEX  TO  LETTERS,  MAY,  1808,  TO 

FEBRUARY,   1811  ix 

THE  CORRESPONDENCE  OF  JOHN    HENRY   HOBART  3 

ALPHABETICAL    INDEX    TO    LETTERS,   MAY,  1808,  TO 

FEBRUARY,   1811  575 

ALPHABETICAL   LIST  OF  ANNOTATIONS  581 

LIST  OF  BOOKS  REFERRED  TO  593 

INDEX  603 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX  TO  LETTERS 

MAY,   1808,  TO   FEBRUARY,   I8II 

Note.  A  brief  biographical  sketch  precedes  the  first  letter  of  each  corre- 
spondent, which  is  distinguished  by  an  asterisk  in  the  Jolloxving  list.  Un- 
less the  contrary  is  stated,  all  letters  are  addressed  to  John  Henry  Hobart 


DATE 

LETTER 

PAGE 

1808,  May  2 

Davenport  Phelps 

3 

1808,  May  5 

Constitution  of  the  Diocese  0 

f  Rhode  Island 

10 

1808,  May  15 

Thomas  &  James  Swords 

13 

1808,  May  17 

*  Thomas  Lyell 

18 

1808,  May  31 

James  Abercrombie 

33 

1808,  "June  6 

James  Kemp 

35 

1808,  June  9 

*Ward   Fairchild 

38 

1808,  June  10 

Ward  Fairchild 

39 

1808,  June  10 

John  Churchill  Rudd 

41 

1808,  June  10 

*John  Croes 

51 

1808,  June  13 

Joseph  Jackson 

55 

1808,  June  20 

Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

64 

1808,  June  22 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend 

65 

1808,  June  27 

Jasper  Davis  Jones 

71 

1808,  June  29 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend 

72 

1808,  July  2 

Paul  Trapier  Gervais 

75 

1 808,  July  5 

Cyrus  Stebbins 

n 

1808,  July  8 

Seth  Hart 

79 

1808,  July  15 

James  Abercrombie 

80 

1808,  July  28 

Joseph  Prentice 

82 

1808,  August  5 

James  Abercrombie 

85 

1808,  August  17 

Certificates  to  Donald  Eraser  from 

John  Rodgers,  August  13, 

1808 

87 

Samuel  Latham  Mitchell,  August  13,  1808 

87 

Benjamin  Moore,  August 

15, 1808 

87 

Robert  Lenox,  August  17 

,  1808 

87 

Cix] 

CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


DATE 

LETTER 

PAGE 

1808,  AuguU  16 

John  Croes 

90 

1808,  August  20 

Bela  Hubbard 

lOI 

1808,  September  8 

James  Kemp 

103 

1808,  September  24 

James  Abercrombie 

105 

1808,  September  28 

*John  Rhea  Clarendon  Smith 

115 

1808,  Oaoher  II 

John  Croes 

119 

1 808,  Oaoher  1 1 

James  Kemp 

122 

1808,  Oaober  14 

Daniel  Nash 

125 

1808,  Oaoher  14 

James  Dewar  Simons 

128 

1808,  Oaoher  24 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend 

133 

1808,  Oaober  28 

James  Chapman 

134 

1808,  Oaoher  31 

*  Frances  Brenton 

135 

1808,  November  I 

Bela  Hubbard 

136 

1808,  November  10 

*Jedediah  Fay 

138 

1808,  November  21 

*John  Stanford 

141 

1808,  December  6 

John  Churchill  Rudd 

144 

1808,  Z)^««i^r  10 

James  Dewar  Simons 

146 

1808,  December  16 

*John  Rowe  Parker 

148 

1808,  DeccTuber  22 

*John  H.  Jacocks 

153 

1809,  "January  1 1 

James  Kemp 

158 

1809,  January  12 

Aaron  Ogden 

160 

1809,  January  21 

Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

162 

1809,  February  11 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend 

163 

1809,  February  16 

Joseph  Jackson 

167 

1809,  February  17 

Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

173 

1809,  March  2 

William  Pryce 

174 

1809,  March  6 

John  H.  Jacocks 

176 

1809,  March  10 

John  Henry  Hobart  to  Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

179 

1809,  March  10 

John  Churchill  Rudd 

184 

1809,  March  18 

Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

185 

1809,  March  20 

James  Robertson 

186 

1809,  Mirc/;  28 

Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

C  ^  ] 

188 

CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
1809 
1809 
[809 
1809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
1809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
[809 
[809 


[809 
[809 
[809 
[809 


DATE                                                   LETTER  PAGE 

April  10  John  Churchill  Rudd  190 

April  11  *  Walter  Smith  192 

April  1^  John  Churchill  Rudd  198 

April  zz  *  Asa  Eaton            .  201 

April  25                  David  English  203 

April  25                   David  English  204 

April  *  Robert  Gibson  2 1 3 

May  I  *  Sarah  Startin  219 

May  6                     Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  220 

May  9  *  William  Day  to  Elias  Bayley  Dayton  222 

May  12                   Elias  Bayley  Dayton  223 

May  20  John  Rowe  Parker  225 

May  22  Bela  Hubbard  226 

May  24  James  Robertson  227 

May  24                   Elias  Bayley  Dayton  229 

May  24  *Amos  Pardee  to  Thomas  and  James  Swords       230 

May  29  Joseph  Prentice  233 

May  31  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  240 

yune  3  *John  C.  Handy  241 

June  7  *  Barzillai  Bulkley  244 

June  19                   Ward  Fairchild  246 

June  19  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  247 

July  8  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  252 

July  10  *L.  Schweitzer  255 

July  19  James  Dewar  Simons  257 

July  ig  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  260 

July  24  John  Henry  Hobart  to  James  Chapman  262 

July  25  James  Chapman  263 

July  27                    Seth  Hart  264 

August  I                  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  265 

August  2  *  Rebecca  Frazer  267 

August  3  James  Abercrombie  269 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


DATE 

LETTER 

PAGE 

1809 

August  15 

*John  Bowden 

276 

1809 

August  19 

*John  Davis 

285 

1809 

September  29 

Frederic  Beasley 

287 

1809 

September  29 

John  Reed 

289 

1809 

September  29 

*  Henry  James  Feltus 

296 

1809, 

Ofiober  5 

Davenport  Phelps  to  Benjamin  Moore 

297 

1809, 

Oitober  1 1 

James  Robertson 

302 

1809, 

Oaober  20 

Joseph  Prentice 

306 

1809, 

Oflober  30 

James  Kemp 

308 

1809, 

Oeiober  30 

John  Churchill  Rudd 

312 

1809, 

November  18 

Asa  Eaton 

313 

1809, 

November  22 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend 

315 

1809, 

November  27 

Parker  Adams 

3^7 

1809, 

November  29 

James  Abercrombie 

319 

1809, 

December  8 

Paul  Trapier  Gervais 

321 

1809, 

December  1 2 

John  Churchill  Rudd 

323 

1809, 

December  15 

*Asahel  Davis 

324 

1809, 

December  16 

*  Edmund  Jennings  Lee 

326 

1809, 

December  19 

Aaron  Ogden 

327 

1809, 

December  1 1 

John  Churchill  Rudd 

328 

1809, 

December  22 

John  Churchill  Rudd 

330 

1809, 

December  22 

James  Kemp 

340 

1809, 

December  29 

Thomas  Swords 

343 

1809 

James  Abercrombie 

345 

I8I0, 

January  12 

James  Chapman 

348 

1810, 

January  14 

Edmund  Jennings  Lee 

351 

I8IO, 

January  23 

*  Dudley  Atkins  Tyng  to  William  Harris 

354 

I8I0 

Jane  Tongrelou  Dayton 

358 

I8I0, 

February  5 

Amos  Glover  Baldwin 

360 

I8I0, 

February  1  7 

Edmund  Jennings  Lee 

365 

I8I0, 

February  24 

Rufus  King 

369 

I8I0, 

February  27 

Frederic  Beasley 

[  xii  ] 

370 

CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


DATE 

LETTER 

PAGE 

1810,  March  19 

James  Abercrombie 

374 

1810,  March  22 

Frederic  Beasley 

376 

1 810,  March  26 

Edmund  Jennings  Lee 

379 

18 10,   March  30 

John  H.  Jacocks 

382 

1810,  April  3 

Joseph  Prentice 

386 

1 8 10,  Jpril  7 

*  Abraham  Bronson 

388 

1810,  Jpril  10 

Frederic  Beasley 

393 

1 8 10,  April  19 

Frederic  Beasley 

396 

1810,  April  20 

Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

400 

1810,  May  8 

Davenport  Phelps 

401 

1 810,  il^ijy  12 

Parker  Adams 

406 

1810,  yl/a;v  12 

Daniel  Nash 

407 

1810,  May  17 

Seth  Hart 

409 

1810,  iWa>'  19 

Bela  Hubbard  to  Abraham  Beach 

412 

1810,  May  23 

*  Susan  Ingraham 

420 

1 8 1 0,  Jaw^  1 1 

James  Chapman 

422 

18 10,  June  27 

James  Dewar  Simons  to  Nathaniel  Bowen 

424 

1810 

Joseph  Jackson 

435 

1 8 10,  July  19 

*  Charles  Stewart 

442 

1 8 10,  August  2 

*  Daniel  Barber 

447 

1 8 10,  August  8 

John  Bowden  to  Benjamin  Moore 

451 

1 8 10,  August  18 

Daniel  Nash 

453 

1 8 1 0,  August  3 1 

*  Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk 

468 

1 8 1 0,  September  1 1 

James  Abercrombie 

469 

I  8 1 0,  September  1 8 

John  Reed 

471 

1 8 10,  O^Oi^fr  I 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend 

475 

1 8 1 0,  OStober  9 

*Anna  Hoffman 

476 

1810,  OStoher  13 

William  Smith 

477 

1810,  Otloher  14 

Daniel  Nash 

480 

1 8 10,  OSlober  17 

*  Daniel  Burhans 

482 

1 8 10,  O£iober  20 

James  Abercrombie 

488 

I  810,  Oclober  24 

James  Abercrombie 

C  xiii  ;] 

489 

CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1810, 
1810, 
1810, 
1810, 
1810, 
1810, 
1 8 10, 
1810, 
1 8 10, 
1810, 
1811, 
1811, 
1811, 
1811, 
1811, 
1811, 
1811, 
1811, 
i8ii. 


DATE                                                                       LETTER  PAGE 

OSiober  24                            Charles  Stewart  491 

OSiober  29                             Elias  Bayley  Dayton  495 

OSlober  30  *John  Owen  to  Benjamin  Moore  496 

November  I                           John  Reed  499 

November  3                           Joseph  Jackson  501 

November  II                         Jane  Tongrelou  Dayton  508 

November  16                        Frederic  Beasley  510 

November  25  *John  Vanderbilt  Bartow  513 

November  30                        James  Dewar  Simons  520 

December  24  *  Gilbert  Hunt  Sayres  524 

"January  4                             Davenport  Phelps  528 

January  7                             Charles  Seabury  539 

January  22  *  Lewis  Pintard  Bayard  543 

January  -r^x  *  David  Huntington  547 

February  4                            Gilbert  Hunt  Sayres  549 

February  15  *John  Brady  550 

February  19                         John  Reed  552 

February  20                          Cyrus  Stebbins  555 

February  20  *  Timothy  Clowes  558 


1806,*  February  6 


James  Kemp 


569 


*  Owing  to  the  wrong  endorsement,  this  letter  was  found  pasted  into  the  book  containing  the 
letters  of  181 1,  which  accounts  for  its  not  being  published  in  correfl  chronological  order.  Ed. 

[  xiv  ] 


THE  CORRESPONDENCE  OF 
JOHN  HENRY  HOBART 

MAY, 1808 
TO  FEBRUARY, 18II 


THE  CORRESPONDENCE  OF 
JOHN  HENRY  HOBART 

FROM  DAVENPORT  PHELPS 

Geneva  May  2  1808. 

Rev  &  Dear  Sir, 

IT  has  been  matter  of  frequent  &  painful  refle6lion  that  I 
should  have  left  N  York  without  even  making  an  acknow- 
ledgement for  the  friendly  relief  you  gave  my  daughter.  The 
obligation  should  surely  have  been  both  acknowledged  &  paid. 
The  former  is  now  gratefully  done,  &  the  latter  shall  not  long 
remain  undone. 

You  will  doubtless  learn  from  my  letter  to  the  Bishop  what 
is  the  general  state  of  these  western  Churches,  and  will  re- 
joice that  Episcopacy,  thro'  the  fostering  care  of  the  Society 
in  N  York  under  God,  is  extending  its  borders  in  a  country 
where  se6lary  principles  are  indefatigably  taught  &  cherished. 
The  lately  organized  Church  at  Pittstown,  30  or  31  miles 
west  of  this  affords  good  symptoms  of  permanency,  &  the 
other  churches  are  making  a  gradual  progress  towards  re- 
spe61:ability.  The  number  of  communicants  has  been  increased 
and  there  appears  to  be  a  more  devout  attendance  upon  y^ 
public  offices  of  the  Church,  both  by  our  own  members  & 
others,  than  heretofore.  And  I  hope  &  trust,  it  may  in  truth 
be  ere  long  said,  with  respect  of  this  late  howling  desert,  that 
y'=  wilderness  buds  &  blossoms  like  y*^  rose. 

I  earnestly  hope  that  my  application  thro  the  Bishop  for  a 
few  additional  books,  may  not  be  deemed  either  untimely  or 

C  3  2 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

unreasonable,  for  I  am  not  strongly  persuaded  of  the  great 
utility  of  such  gratuities,  and  am 

Rev  &  d^  Sir 
Your  very  affe6l?  friend  Serv"  &  bro"", 

D.  Phelps. 
Rev  D".  Hobart 

Superscription  : 

Rev".  John  H.  Hobart,  D.D.  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Daughters  of  Davenport  Phelps. 
Davenport  Phelps  had  four  daughters : 

Lucy,  born  October  21,  1786.  She  married  Dr.  Ido  Ellis. 

Theodora,  born  January  23,  1795;  died  November  12,  1816. 

AuRELiA,  born  January  22, 1797;  died  October  3, 1862. 

Sarah,  born  July  4,  1798.  She  married  Bennett  C.  Fitzhugh. 

It  is  probably  to  his  eldest  daughter  that  Mr.  Phelps  alluded. 

The  Society  for  the  P?-omotwn  of  Religion  and  Learning. 
For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  133. 

Pittstozvn. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Alleii's  Hill. 

A  town  was  formed  in  Ontario  County  in  1796,  under  the  name  of 
Pittstown.  On  April  6,  1808,  the  name  was  changed  to  Honeoye, 
and  on  April  11,  1815,  to  Richmond.  It  is  situate  on  the  western 
border  of  the  county,  south  of  the  centre,  a  large  portion  lying  near 
the  foot  of  Honeoj^e  Lake,  with  a  narrow  strip  extending  along  the 
east  shore  of  that  lake  and  its  inlet  to  the  southern  border  of  the 
county.  In  1795  it  was  setded  by  Lemuel  and  Cyrus  Chipman,  Philip 
Reed,  Levi  Blackmur,  Nathaniel  Harmon,  and  Isaac  Adams.  The 
town  was  named  after  Captain  Pitts,  who  opened  the  first  tavern. 
The  first  sermon  in  its  new  setdement  was  preached  in  1792  by  the 

C   4   ] 


DAVENPORT  PHELPS 

Rev.  Samuel  Mills.  In  1795  Captain  Pitts  and  his  sons  engaged  the 
Rev.  Zadoc  Hunn  to  preach  in  the  setdement  one-eighth  of  his  time. 
A  Congregational  Church  was  organized  November  4,  1802,  by 
Rev.  Joseph  Grover  and  Rev.  Jacob  Crane,  with  eleven  members.  On 
St.  Mark's  Day,  1808,  as  a  result  of  a  thorough  visit  in  the  town, 
Davenport  Phelps  organized  St.  Paul's  Church,  Allen's  Hill.  On  April 
19, 1813,  a moreformal organization  was  effected,  when  Samuel  Whit- 
ney and  Da\id  Crawford  were  elected  wardens;  David  Akins,  Samuel 
Chipman,  William  Small,  Eli  Hill,  Dennis  Whitney,  James  Hender- 
son, Orra  Akins,  and  Peter  Allen,  vestrymen.  In  1815  the  Rev.  Alan- 
son  W.  Welton  was  placed  in  charge,  and  was  missionary  throughout 
this  whole  region.  A  church  was  built  in  1816,  and  consecrated  by 
Bishop  Hobart.  Among  the  rectors  up  to  1912  have  been  George  H. 
Norton,  Edward  Livermore,  Alexander  H.  Rogers,  Lewis  L.  Rogers, 
Henry  M.  Brown,  Jeremiah  Cooper,  H.  V.Gardner,  David  Moir, 
John  Robert  Kennedy-Bell,  Arthur  Hallett  Mellen,  William  Henry 
Goss,  and  Edwin  Johnson.  In  April,  1912,  the  parish  was  under  the 
Archdeacon  of  Rochester.  According  to  the  American  Church  Alma- 
nac for  1912,  there  were  twenty-five  communicants. 


c  5 : 


THE  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  DIOCESE  OF 
RHODE  ISLAND 

THERE  were  four  parishes  in  Rhode  Island  in  the  colonial  period: 
Trinity  Church,  Newport;  St.  Paul's  Church,  Narragansett ; 
King's  Church,  Providence,  afterward  St.  John's;  and  St.  Michael's 
Church,  Bristol.  Mission  work  was  done  successfully  in  Warwick, 
Tiverton,  Freetown,  and  other  places.  According  to  the  rule  of  the 
Venerable  Propagation  Society,  the  clergy  met  at  frequent  intervals 
in  voluntary  conventions,  sometimes  joining  with  those  of  Massachu- 
setts or  Connecticut,  and  occasionally  with  all  the  missionaries  in  New 
England.  After  the  Revolution  the  organization  of  a  diocese  was  de- 
layed until  1790.  On  November  18  of  that  year  there  assembled  in 
Trinity  Church,  Newport,  William  Smith,  rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Newport,  and  Moses  Badger,  rector  of  King's  Church,  Providence, 
together  \vith  John  Handy  and  Robert  N.  Auchmuty  of  Newport; 
Jeremiah  Fones  Jenkins  and  John  Mumford  of  Providence ;  and  John 
Usher  of  Bristol,  lay  delegates.  Mr.  Badger  was  elected  president  and 
Mr.  Auchmuty,  secretary.  A  sermon  was  preached  by  Mr.  Smith. 
The  Convention  gave  its  consent  to  the  seventeen  canons  of  the  Gen- 
eral Convention  of  1789,  and  promised  due  obedience  to  them.  It 
voted  "That  the  Right  Rev'd  Father  in  God,  Samuel  Seabury,  D.D. , 
Bishop  of  the  Church  in  Connecticut,  be  and  is  hereby  declared 
Bishop  of  the  Church  in  this  State;  that  the  Rev'd  Moses  Badger 
and  William  Smith  be  requested  to  write  and  address  him  on  the 
subject;  and  that  the  Letters  of  recognition  and  Episcopal  acceptance 
be  entered  upon  the  Journals  of  this  Convention  ;  and  farther,  that 
Copies  of  said  Letters  be  transmitted  to  the  respective  Churches  in 
the  State  to  be  entered  on  their  Records."  [Journals,  1790-1832,  as 
quoted  on  page  345  of  volume  it  of  Batclwlder' s  History  of  the  Eastern 
Diocese^ 

Bishop  Seabury  accepted  the  charge,  and  visited  the  state  several 
times.  It  was  at  the  Convention  held  in  Trinity  Church,  Newport, 
on  October  8,  1794,  that  it  was  "voted  that  the  Rev.  Abraham  L. 
Clarke,  Mr.  John  Bourse,  and  Mr.  Robert  N.  Auchmutv  be  a  com- 
mittee to  draft  a  constitution  for  the  Episcopal  Church  of  this  State, 
which  shall  be  presented  each  congregation  for  their  Revision  and 

C   6] 


RHODE  ISLAND  DIOCESAN  CONSTITUTION 

approbation,  at  their  next  Easter  meeting,  and  be  transmitted  to  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Convention  for  Ratification."  [^Joitnia/s,  1790- 
1832,  p.  17.]  This  meeting  was  held  at  Bristol  on  July  8,  1795. 
Bishop  Seabury  was  present  and  presided.  The  constitution  was 
presented  and  adopted.  Bishop  Seabury's  jurisdiction  was  recognized 
in  these  words : 

"Article  3.  This  Church  shall  continue  in  connection  with  the 
Church  in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  as  one  diocese,  until  it  may  be 
deemed  by  the  then  existing  Convention  expedient  or  necessary  to 
have  a  Bishop  to  reside  within  this  State."  [Journals,  1790-1832, 
p.  19.] 

The  death  of  Bishop  Seabury  in  Februar}^  1796,  left  the  diocese 
without  Episcopal  supervision.  It  was  expected  in  Connecticut  that 
the  association  with  that  diocese  would  continue.  Indeed,  in  a  letter 
of  sympathy  upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Seabury,  dated  at  Newport, 
March  29,  1796,  and  signed  by  the  rectors  of  Newport  and  Provi- 
dence, William  Smith  and  Abraham  Lynsen  Clarke,  with  Robert  N. 
Auchmuty  of  Newport  and  John  J.  Clarke  of  Providence,  are  these 
paragraphs : 

"We  conceive  it  our  duty  at  this  time  to  join  with  you  in  paying 
our  tribute  of  Regard  to  the  memory  of  our  worthy  Bishop,  and  to 
call  upon  you  for  a  continuance  of  our  common  ecclesiastical  interest 
and  diocesanal  unity.  .  .  . 

From  the  paucity  of  our  Congregations,  we  pretend  not  to  any  share 
in  your  election ;  only  to  be  admitted  so  far  do  we  request  to  homologate 
your  choice  and  to  give  an  adjunct  suffrage  and  recommendation  in 
favour  of  the  elect  whom  ye  under  the  direction  of  Almighty  God  may 
judge  worthy  of  filling  the  Episcopal  Chair." 

The  clergy  of  Rhode  Island  were  duly  nodfied  of  the  election  of 
Dr.  Bowden  in  June,  1796,  and  upon  his  final  declination  in  1797,  of 
the  elecdon  of  Dr.  Jarvis.  But  the  Convention  of  1798,  which  met  on 
July  11  in  Newport,  after  expunging  the  eleventh  and  thirteenth 
articles  of  the  original  constitution,  which  related  to  the  discipline  of 
communicants  by  the  parish  priest,  adopted  this  in  place  of  the  origi- 
nal third  article: 

"  Ardcle  3.  The  Convendon  shall  have  discretionary  power  to  invite 
any  American  Bishop  to  comprehend  the  Churches  in  his  Diocese 
until  it  shall  be  deemed  expedient  by  the  then  existing  Convention  to 

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elect  a  Bishop  who  shall  reside  in  this  State."  [Journals,  1790-1832, 
p.  24.] 

Under  this  article  Bishop  Bass  of  Massachusetts  was  chosen  dio- 
cesan. He  accepted  in  a  letter  dated  "Boston,  July  20,  1798,"  and 
signed  "Edward,  Bishop  of  the  prot.  epis.  Church  in  Massachu- 
setts." No  change  ^\as  made  in  the  constitution  upon  the  death  of 
Bishop  Bass,  September  1,  1803.  Three  years  later  the  diocese  was 
placed  under  the  charge  of  Bishop  Moore  of  New  York,  but  he  de- 
clined to  accept  the  election.  Soon  after  plans  were  formulated  for 
the  confederation  known  as  the  Eastern  Diocese,  which  included  the 
dioceses  of  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  New  Hampshire,  and  Ver- 
mont. Dr.  Gris\\'old  of  Bristol  \\as  chosen  by  the  confederated  dio- 
ceses as  Bishop,  and  consecrated  May  29,  1811,  in  Trinity  Church, 
New  York  City.  At  the  Convention  held  in  Providence,  April  27, 
1814,  the  Bishop,  Salmon  Wheaton,  rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New- 
port, Nathan  Bourne  Crocker,  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Provi- 
dence, and  Nathan  Searle  were  appointed  a  committee  to  revise  the 
constitution.  Their  report  was  made  to  the  Convention  held  in  Bristol 
on  May  10,  1815.  The  document  presented  retained  verj^few  of  the 
provisions  of  the  amended  constitution  of  1 798,  and  was  unanimously 
adopted  by  the  Convention.  The  report  is  given  in  full: 

The  committee  appointed  to  revise  the  Constitution  submit  the  fol- 
lowing : 

Constitution  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  Rhode 
Island. 

Article  1.  There  shall  be  a  convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  this  State  on  the  First  Tuesday  in  June,  in  each  year,  in 
such  place  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  Bishop  for  the  time  being. 

Article  2.  The  Bishop  shall  have  pow  er  to  call  Special  Conventions 
when  he  may  judge  it  conducive  to  the  good  of  the  Church  or  when 
applied  to  for  that  purpose  by  the  Standing  Committee ;  and  in  case 
there  should  be  no  Bishop  resident  in  the  State,  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee shall  have  power  to  call  Special  Conventions  and  also  to  deter- 
mine the  place  at  which  the  Annual  Convention  shall  be  holden. 

Article  3.  The  Convention  shall  he  composed  of  the  officiating  Min- 
isters settled  in  the  Churches  of  this  State,  and  of  Lay  members  con- 

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sisting  of  one  or  more  Delegates  from  each  Church,  to  be  chosen  by 
the  Vestry  or  Congregation. 

Article  4.  Every  Convention  shall  be  opened  with  prayers  and  a  ser- 
mon and  the  Preacher  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Bishop.  In  case  of 
a  vacancy  in  the  Episcopal  Chair,  the  Preacher  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Convention. 

Article  5.  The  Bishop  shall  preside  in  the  Convention,  but  when 
absent,  the  Rector  of  the  Church  where  the  Convention  is  holden  shall 
be  President. 

Article  6.  A  Secretary  shall  be  chosen  upon  the  assembling  of  the 
annual  Convention  froin  among  the  members  thereof,  who  shall  re- 
main in  office  until  the  meeting  of  the  next  Convention.  His  duty  shall 
be  to  take  the  minutes  of  their  proceedings,  to  preserve  their  journals 
and  records,  to  attest  the  public  acts  of  the  Body,  and  faithfully  to 
deliver  into  the  hands  of  his  successor  all  Books  and  Papers  relative 
to  the  Concerns  of  the  Convention  which  may  be  in  his  possession. 
It  shall  also  be  his  duty  to  give  notice  to  each  minister  and  vestry 
of  the  time  and  place  appointed  for  the  meeting  of  the  succeeding 
Convention. 

.\rticle  7.  In  all  matters  which  shall  come  before  the  Convention  the 
Clergy  and  Laity  shall  deliberate  in  one  Body,  and  in  voting  the 
Clergy  shall  \ote  by  Individuals  and  the  Laitj'  by  Congregations,  and 
a  majority  of  the  votes  of  the  two  Orders  joindy  shall  be  decisive. 
But,  if  in  any  case  it  be  required  by  two  votes  the  two  Orders  shall 
vote  separately  and  the  concurrence  of  a  majority  of  each  Order  shall 
be  necessary  to  constitute  a  decision. 

Article  8 .  The  mode  of  altering  this  Constitution  shall  be  as  follows :  — 
A  proposition  for  amendment  shall  be  introduced  in  writing,  and  con- 
sidered in  the  Convention,  and  if  approved  of  shall  lie  OAcr  to  the  next 
Convention  ;  and  if  again  approved  of  in  the  next  ensuing  Convention 
by  a  majority  of  the  two  Orders  voting  thereon  separatelv,  the  change 
shall  take  place  and  the  Constitution  so  altered  shall  be  valid  and 
obligatory.  {.Toumals,  1790-1832,/).  55.^ 

In  its  main  features,  although  altered  at  various  times,  the  Constitu- 
tion of  1815  is  still  that  of  the  Diocese  of  Rhode  Island.  The  consti- 
tution Avhich  follows,  attested  by  the  secretary,  is  the  amended  one  of 
1798. 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  Constitution  of  the  Diocese  of  Rhode  Island  ] 

Constitution 

of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 

State  of  Rhode  Island. 

ARTICLE  V}  The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
X\.  State  of  Rhode  Island,  hath,  and  ought  to  have,  in 
common  with  all  other  denominations  of  Christians,  full  and 
unalienable  powers  to  regulate  the  concerns,  of  their  own 
communion. 

2"^  Under  the  prote6iion,  and  agreeably  to  the  institution  of 
our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  this  Church  shall  always 
hold  the  three  Orders  of  Bishop,  Priest  and  Deacon,  as  essen- 
tially and  indispensably  necessary  to  the  right  and  due  Ad- 
ministration of  the  Word  and  Sacraments. 

3*?.  The  convention  shall  have  discretionary  power  to  invite 
any  American  Bishop  to  comprehend  the  Churches  in  this 
State,  in  his  Diocese,  untill  it  shall  be  deemed  expedient  by  the 
then  existing  Convention  to  e\e6t  a  Bishop,  who  shall  reside 
in  this  State. 

4**'  An  annual  Convention  consisting  of  the  clergy,  and  one 
or  more  lay  Delegates  from  each  congregation,  shall  be 
holden  on  the  second  Wednesday  in  July,  or  any  other  day 
appointed  by  the  Bishop  and  Standing  committee  of  the  State, 
in  each  Parish  by  rotation  and  to  be  always  opened  with 
prayer  and  a  Sermon. 

5'!'  The  Bishop,  if  present,  shall  preside  ex-officio,  but  if  ab- 
sent, the  Re61:or  of  the  Parish  where  the  convention  is  held 
shall  preside,  de  Jure,  and  the  Articles  &  Canons  of  the  gen- 
eral Convention  shall  be  the  Rule  whereby  the  convention 
shall  a6i. 


RHODE  ISLAND  DIOCESAN  CONSTITUTION 

6'.!"  At  every  annual  Convention  there  shall  be  appointed 
a  Standing  committee  consisting  of  the  clergy  and  one  lay 
member  from  each  Church,  whose  extent  of  duty  and  power 
shall  from  time  to  time  be  defined  by  the  convention,  and  they 
shall  report  their  proceedings  to  every  ensuing  convention. 

7'!^  The  Clergy  &  Laity,  in  convention  shall  deliberate  and 
vote  in  one  body,  but,  if  required  by  any  member,  may  vote 
as  two  distinft  orders,  and  the  joint  concurrence  of  both  shall 
be  necessary  to  give  validity  to  every  measure. 

S*,!"  Every  Clergyman  canonically  ordained  and  indu6f  ed  into 
every  Congregation  in  this  State,  shall  be  deemed  a  member 
ex-officio. 

9'.^  If  any  Clergyman  in  this  State  shall  demean  himself 
in  such  manner  as  to  incur  censure,  his  crimination  shall  be 
made  out  in  writing  and  signed  by  two  or  three  Witnesses  as 
dire6led  in  the  holy  Scriptures,  and  forwarded  to  the  Bishop, 
in  order  that  he  may  proceed  with  the  same  according  to  the 
nature  and  evidence  of  the  accusation. 

io*.Mf  any  Clergyman  shall  exclude  from  the  holy  Com- 
munion any  one  of  the  communicants,  he  shall  transmit  an 
account  of  his  so  doing  to  the  Bishop  within  forty  days  with 
the  nature  of  the  offence  and  the  evidence  by  which  the  charge 
is  supported,  and  the  Bishop's  Sentence  shall  be  decisive, 
unless  the  suspended  person  shall  think  proper  to  appeal  to 
a  council  of  Bishops. 

1 1*.!"  If  a  Clergyman  thinks  himself  aggrieved  by  any  of  his 
Parishioners,  or  if  any  Parishioner, on  the  other  hand,  thinks 
he  is  aggrieved  by  his  Clergyman,  so  highly  that  a  reconcilia- 
tion cannot  be  brought  about  by  private  conferences,  or  by 
the  interposition  of  friends,  which  shall  be  first  tried,  the  party 
aggrieved  may  complain  to  the  Bishop  in  writing  stating  the 
nature  of  his  complaint  with  his  proofs;  and  the  Bishops  sen- 

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tence  shall  be  decisive,  unless  the  parties  appeal  to  a  council 
of  Bishops. 

1 2'!'  That  any  Church  in  this  State  which  has  not  acceeded 
to  the  Constitution,  may  hereafter,  and  on  so  doing  may  be 
entitled  to  a  representation  in  the  Convention  of  this  State. 

I  hereby  Certify  that  the  above  is  a  true  extract  from  the 
Book  of  Records  belonging  to  the  Convention  of  the  Episco- 
pal Church  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 

Jere"?  F.Jenkins. 

Secretary. 

Providence  May  5'''  1808. 
No  superscription. 


ANNOTATION 

Jeremiah  Fones  Jenkins. 

Mr.  Jenkins  belonged  to  a  family  which  had  for  many  years  been  iden- 
tified with  King's  Church,  Providence,  now  St.  John's.  During  the 
RcAolution  he  appears  to  have  been  under  suspicion  like  other  Church- 
men. In  November,  1780,  with  William  Morris,  Preston  Mann,  and 
Nathaniel  Gardiner,  he  AAas  confined  to  the  precincts  of  East  Green- 
wich in  the  custody  of  "the  justices  of  the  superior  Court  of  Judi- 
cature," upon  "suspicion  of  being  concerned  in  inimical  measures 
to  this  and  the  United  States."  In  1788  Mr.  Jenkins  was  elected 
junior  warden  of  St.  John's  Church,  a  position  which  he  held  for 
die  remainder  of  his  life.  From  1792  to  1812  he  was  secretary  of 
the  Convention  of  the  Diocese  of  Rhode  Island.  In  December,  1799, 
he  was  a  member  of  the  committee  of  the  town  of  Providence  to  ar- 
range for  an  appropriate  observance  of  the  death  of  George  Wash- 
ington. He  was  a  liberal  benefactor  of  St.  John's  Church.  He  died  in 
1814. 


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THOMAS  &  JAMES  SWORDS 

[  From  Thomas  &.  James  Swords  ] 

Dear  Sir 

WE  were  favoured  in  course  of  mail  with  your  Letter 
of  the  9''^  inst.  Mr.  Burhans  called  on  us  in  his  way 
to  Baltimore,  and  to  him  we  gave  the  little  packet  containing 
the  Journals  which  you  requested  might  be  sent.  On  Saturday 
evening  we  received  the  Magazine,  and  were  about  putting 
it  up  to  send  by  mail  this  morning  when  Mr  Chapman  called 
&  informed  us  that  Mr.  Onderdonk  had  yesterday  set  out  for 
Baltimore,  and  had  taken  one  with  him  for  you. 

By  the  first  vessel  that  sails  from  this  for  Baltimore,  we  shall 
send  a  couple  of  hundred  copies  of  Skirmer's  Prhnitive  Truth 
&  order.  We  will  be  much  obliged  by  your  bearing  this  work  in 
mind,  and  when  occasion  offers,  mentioning  it  to  the  Clergy 
&  others  whom  you  may  meet  with  that  are  inclined  to  pro- 
mote the  good  cause  of  Episcopacy. 

On  consideration  we  have  thought  it  best  to  send  a  copy  of 
the  Magazine  by  the  mail  of  this  day,  because  you  may  have 
occasion  to  part  with  one  before  your  return. 

With  sincere  wishes  for  the  pleasantness  of  your  Journey, 
— for  the  success  of  your  obje6l — and  for  your  safe  return  to 
your  family,  we  are  very  truly 

D^Sir 

Yours  afFeftionately 

T.  &  J.  Swords. 

New  York  May  i  5  I  808 
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ANNOTATIONS 

Daniel  Biirhans. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  10,  1816. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

Benjamin  Tredivell  Onderdonk. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  August25,  1812. 

John  Skinner. 

John,  a  son  of  John  Skinner,  who  was  minister  of  the  non-juror  con- 
gregation at  Longside,  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  was  born  in  1774. 
He  studied  theology,  and  became  a  non-juror  minister  of  a  chapel  near 
Ellon,  Aberdeenshire.  In  1775  he  was  chosen  minister  of  the  Longacre 
Chapel,  Aberdeen.  In  1782  he  was  consecrated  as  coadjutor  to  Bishop 
Kilgour  of  that  diocese.  He  was  the  prime  mover  for  the  consecration 
of  Samuel  Seabury  by  the  Scottish  Bishops  in  his  own  chapel,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1784.  In  1787  he  became  Primus  of  the  Scotdsh  Church.  He 
died  in  1816.  His  chief  works  are  "Lenten  Lectures,"  "  ALayman's 
Account  of  his  Faith  and  Practice,"  "Office  of  the  Sacrament  of  the 
Lord's  Supper,  "and  the  "Primitive  Truth  and  Order  Vindicated," 
which  was  published  in  1803,  and  reprinted  by  Thomas  &  James 
Swords. 


C  14  H 


THOMAS  LYELL 

THOMAS,  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Lyell,  was  born  in  Rich- 
mond County,  Virginia,  May  13,1775.  His  father  was  a  planter, 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  England,  who  brought  up  his  family  in 
a  strictly  religious  manner.  In  the  disturbances  caused  b}'  the  Re\o- 
lution  the  parochial  clergy  were  lax  in  caring  for  those  in  the  remote 
part  of  their  parishes.  As  a  consequence,  men  like  John  Lyell  and  his 
children  received  their  spiritual  ministrations  from  the  itinerant  and 
powerful  Methodist  preachers.  Before  he  Avas  fifteen  Thomas  Lyell 
began  to  exhort  in  Methodist  meetings.  He  was  admitted  to  preach  on 
trial  by  the  Conference  of  1792.  He  was  first  placed  on  the  Fredericic 
circuit  in  Virginia,  but  in  a  short  time  was  transferred  to  the  New 
England  circuit,  where  he  made  a  deep  impression  upon  the  thousands 
that  heard  him.  When  in  Providence  he  gained  the  friendship  of  Mr. 
Bowen,  then  at  St.  John's  Church,  afterward  Bishop  of  South  Caro- 
lina. He  returned  to  the  southward,  and  in  1801  was  elected  chap- 
lain of  the  House  of  Representatives.  He  used  to  tell  what  a  shock  it 
was  to  him  when  he  attended  President  Jefferson's  first  official  dinner, 
that  neither  the  chaplain  of  the  Senate  nor  himself  w  as  called  upon 
to  say  grace.  Serious  examination  of  the  claims  of  the  Church  of  his 
baptism  led  him  to  seek  holy  orders.  HeA\as  made  deacon  by  Bishop 
Claggett,  June  14,  1804.  He  was  immediately  called  to  the  rectorship 
of  Christ  Church,  New  York  City,  vacant  by  the  removal  of  Dr.  Pil- 
more  to  Philadelphia.  He  was  inducted  and  ordained  priest  by  Bishop 
Moore.  Mr.  Lyell  was  admirably  suited  for  a  parish  which  had  been 
accustomed  to  the  eloquence  and  enthusiasm  of  Dr.  Pilmore.  Under 
him  Christ  Church  progressed  and  became  a  strong  parish.  From  the 
commencement  of  his  work  in  New  York,  Dr.  Lyell  was  associated 
with  the  varied  interests  and  societies  of  the  Church.  He  was  secre- 
tary of  the  Bible  and  Prayer  Book  Society,  a  trustee  of  various  boards, 
of  the  General  Theological  Seminary  and  other  institutions,  and  in 
every  position  was  careful,  exact,  and  efficient.  Dr.  Hobart  had  a  great 
affection  for  him,  and  he  won  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  breth- 
ren. He  showed  great  sagacity  in  the  conduct  of  parish  affairs,  and  was 
able  in  the  new  location  of  the  parish  on  Anthony  Street  to  prove  that 
distance  from  the  centre  of  population  A\as  no  bar  to  large  congrega- 
tions and  prosperity.  Dr.  Lyell  died  suddenly  of  influenza,  March  4, 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

1848.  He  w  as  married  three  times,  and  was  survived  by  his  third  wife. 
From  the  funeral  address  of  his  friend,  the  Rev.  Dr.  William  Berrian, 
these  passages  are  of  interest : 

"When  it  became  generally  known,  upon  the  incurable  illness  of 
Bishop  Moore,  that  Dr.  Hobart  was  looked  to  by  the  great  body  of  the 
clergy  and  laity  as  pre-eminently  fitted  to  be  his  successor,  all  the  ele- 
ments of  discontent,  envy,  and  malice,  broke  forth  to  defeat  his  elec- 
tion, and  discord  and  confusion  prevailed  in  the  Church.  Mr.  Lyell  was 
at  all  times,  from  his  constitutional  temperament,  as  well  as  from  his 
sense  of  Christian  duty,  an  enemy  of  disorder  and  misrule,  and  a  lover 
of  unity,  harmony,  and  peace.  His  place,  therefore,  in  that  season  of 
trouble,  was  quickly  found  ;  but  no  one,  perhaps,  maintained  it  in  that 
painful  contest  at  so  dear  a  cost.  The  father  of  the  companion  of  his 
bosom,  whom  he  sincerely  loved,  was  the  very  person  who  was  put 
in  opposition  to  his  friend.  The  struggle,  to  a  man  of  kindly  feelings, 
as  his  certainly  were  in  all  the  relations  of  life,  and  the  disregard  to 
the  interests  of  his  family,  which  the  course  he  had  adopted  would 
be  apt  to  involve,  may  easily  be  conceived;  but  these  considerations, 
however  embarrassing  they  may  have  been,  were  as  dust  in  the  bal- 
ance when  weighed  with  his  duty.  He  was  among  the  most  active  and 
zealous  of  Dr.  Hobart' s  friends,  in  the  elevation  of  him  to  the  Epis- 
copate, and  among  the  most  stedfast  and  faithful  of  his  supporters  in 
all  the  difficulties  and  trials  to  which  it  exposed  him. 

"But  it  would  be  impossible  to  run  over,  within  the  brief  limits  of 
this  address,  even  in  the  most  cursory  manner,  the  several  points  in 
his  history,  which  it  might  be  interesting  to  touch.  The  life  of  a  par- 
ish priest,  who  pursues  the  even  tenor  of  his  way  in  the  quiet  discharge 
of  his  duties,  presents  but  little  for  the  contemplation  of  the  world  at 
large,  but  much,  very  often,  for  the  eye  of  God.  But  in  that  little  world 
within  which  the  labors  of  our  departed  friend  have  been  more  par- 
ticularly prescribed,  if  all  could  be  seen,  and  all  could  be  known  of  the 
fruits  of  those  labors,  I  verily  believe  that  it  would  be  one  of  the  most 
thrilling  stories  to  the  devout  mind  that  ever  was  told.  Forty-four  years 
of  a  faithful  servant  of  God  spent  in  one  parish,  where  so  many  thou- 
sands have  been  born,  lived,  and  died  in  it,  before  he  was  gathered  to 
his  fathers  ;  where  they  were  signed  b_v  his  hand  in  baptism  -with  the 
sign  of  the  cross ;  where  they  were  emphatically  instructed  by  him  in 
after  life,  in  the  doctrines  of  the  cross ;  where  they  were  exhorted  by 

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THOMAS  LYELL 

him  to  triumph  in  it  in  deatli ;  and  A\here  they  were  committed  to  the 
ground  bv  him,  with  the  consoling  hope  to  the  survivors  of  their  joy- 
ful resurrection  !  With  many  imperfections,  no  doubt,  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  duties,  yet  witli  such  sincerity  and  devotedness,  how  many 
at  the  great  dav  must  be  his  croxvns  oj' rejoicing.''''  [  Departed  Friends, 
p.  109.] 

"The  ground-work  of  his  character  was  as  pure  and  solid  as  the 
gold  which  is  refined  from  its  dross.  There  was  nothing  in  it  that  was 
mean  or  sordid.  In  his  social  feelings,  he  was  as  warm  as  the  climate, 
and  as  frank  as  the  manners,  of  the  region  in  which  he  was  born.  In 
his  hospitality,  he  was  as  free  and  open  as  a  Virginian,  who  makes  the 
most  of  his  entertainment  by  the  cordiality  of  his  welcome;  and  it  is 
wonderful  to  conceive,  with  his  moderate  means,  how  far  his  prudence 
enabled  him  to  carry  it.  In  his  conversation,  on  all  occasions,  though 
as  simple  and  guileless  as  a  child,  from  the  sober  complexion  of  his 
mind,  and  the  inbred  sanctity  of  his  heart,  he  gave  as  little  offence  as 
achild  ;  and  sometimes,  from  this  very  simplicity,  under  circumstances 
that  called  for  it,  all  the  weight  and  authority  which  were  due  to  the 
counsels  of  an  ambassador  of  God."  \^Departed  Friends^  p.  116.] 

Another  friend ,  Professor  John  McVickar,  at  the  meeting  of  the  clergy 
held  after  Dr.  Lyell's  funeral,  said : 

"In  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Lyell  he  had  lost  a  friend  of  nearly  forty 
years'  standing — a  friendship  that  would  bear  at  least  two  tests  of  what 
true  friendship  should  be.  It  has  grown  stronger  with  age  —  month 
by  month,  and  year  by  year.  And  again,  on  looking  back  at  it,  in  this 
hour  of  separation,  he  could  remember,  he  thanked  God, during  its 
whole  course,  no  one  word  between  them  but  of  affection,  kindness  and 
respect.  Such  was  the  friend  he  had  lost,  and  his  removal  had  left  a_§-a/j, 
he  confessed,  in  his  small  circle,  which  it  \\as  not  of  this  world  to  make 
up.  He  knew  not  where  to  turn  to  fill  it. 'T  was  true  he  could  find  among 
his  brethren  many  a  one  more  learned  —  many  more  sagacious — many 
more  wise,  after  this  world's  acceptation  ;  but  one  so  marked  by  gen- 
uine, childlike  simplicity  of  heart,  —  so  frank,  fearless  and  cordial  in 
manners,  united  with  such  almost  Apostolic  firmness  of  Church  prin- 
ciples, it  was  not  easy  for  him  to  find.  Dr.  Lyell's  was  indeed  a  char- 
acter rare  in  this  artificial  age ;  the  wisdom  and  the  warmth  of  a  single- 
hearted,  impulsive  spirit,  which  sees  the  truth,  as  it  were,  by  instinct, 
and  clings  to  it  by  its  very  nature  —  such  a  heart,"  said  he,  "had  my 

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venerable  friend,  — bright  and  refreshing  to  look  on,  like  a  clear  foun- 
tain;— a  heart  which  age  could  not  sadden,  nor  misfortune  make  self- 
ish, nor,  though  tender  and  sensitive  as  a  child's,  even  ingratitude  and 
injury  embitter  ;  —  a  heart  which  ever  poured  forth  sweet  waters  amid 
the  world's  tumults,  and  that  because  it  was  itself  sweetened  by  re- 
ligion; the  love  of  Christ  was  deep  within  it,  therefore  was  it  bright 
and  gentle ;  for  nothing  ever  goes  far  wrong  with  the  heart  that  stands 
right  there.  Such,  Mr.  Chairman,  was  the  friend  I  have  lost;  and  till, 
through  Christ,  we  meet  in  'that  better  land,'  where  parted  hands 
shall  clasp  again,  I  look  not  to  supply  his  place."  [Sprague^ s  Annals, 
vol.  V,  p.  497.] 


[  From  Thomas  Lyell  ] 

N.  York  May  17th.  1808. 

Dear  Sir, 

I  HAVE  inclosed  to  Dr  Beach  the  copy  of  a  letter  addressed 
to  the  rev'd  Mr.  Dashields,  in  answer  to  one  of  a  very 
extraordinary  nature  received  from  him  a  few  days  since, 
requesting  me  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  evangelical  Clergy 
to  be  held  in  Balt°.  on  the  26'''.  inst.  The  rev'd  Mr.  D.  states 
in  his  letter  to  me  that  there  is  reason  to  fear  the  entire  ex- 
tin6lion  of  vital  godliness  in  the  Chh  unless  exertions  to  re- 
animate her  langor  be  immediately  made — that  having  con- 
sulted with  several  of  his  brethren ,  it  is  their  unanimous  opinion 
that  nothing  can  be  done  effe6lually  without  a  general  meet- 
ing of  the  Clergy  of  the  above  discription,  &  that  they  have 
authorized  &  requested  him  to  notify  the  Clergy  by  them 
deemed  evangelical,  to  attend  at  Baltimore  the  time  above 
mentioned.  The  Clergy  on  whose  attendance  they  calculate 
are  from  Pensylvania  the  rev'd  Messrs.  Pilmore, Clay , Turner, 
&  Bull. — from  Delaware  the  rev  'd  Messrs.  Wiltbank  &  Bell — 
from  Maryland  the  rev'd  Messrs.  Laird,  Stone,  Wilmer,  Rey- 
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THOMAS  LYELL 

nolds,  Handy,  Armstrong,  &  Dashield, — &  from  N:  York 
the  rev'd  Dr.  Moore,  Mr:  Feltus  and  myself. 

He  disclaims  every  thing  like  an  intention  to  seperate  from 
the  Episcopal  Chh,  &  avows  no  other  obje6l  in  calling  this 
meeting  but  the  formation  of  some  bond  of  which  the  above 
discription  of  Clergy  may  be  drawn  more  closely  together 
and  their  hands  strengthened  in  the  sacred  cause  in  which 
they  are  supposed  to  feel  themselves  so  deeply  interested.  I 
have  replied  at  some  length  to  Mr:  Dashields  and  think  it 
proper  that  a  copy  of  my  answer  should  be  in  the  hands  of 
some  one  of  the  members  of  the  general  convention,  that  in 
case  any  thing  should  be  said  on  the  subject:  of  the  meeting 
advised  by  the  brethren  of  Mr:  D's  confidence  in  Maryland, 
it  may  be  seen  and  known  what  my  sentiments  are  respe6ling 
it.  I  feel  very  much  concerned  about  this  business.  I  hope  God 
in  his  great  goodness  will  preserve  the  Chh  in  peace,  unity 
and  concord.  I  feel  very  desirous  to  know  whether  Mr:D. 
will  make  known  his  intentions  to  the  Genl  Convention.  I 
suppose  however  he  will  not.  Bishop  Moore  is  very  uneasy 
lest  you  should  not  be  able  to  form  a  house  of  Bishops.  He 
certainly  would  have  come  after  the  letter  he  received  from 
Bishop  White,  but  the  inflamation  in  his  eye,  is  I  think  worse 
than  I  ever  saw  it.  The  rev'd  Mr.  Crocker  ( of  Providence 
R.  I. )  is  to  be  ordained  priest  to-morrow  should  the  Bishop  be 
well  enough  to  attend.  Mrs:  Hobart,  and  the  children  from 
whom  I  have  this  moment  heard  are  very  well. 

With  respeft  &  friendship 

I  am  yours  sincerely 

Tho:  Lyell. 

Superscription  : 

Rev'd  Dr.  J.  H.  Hobart  at  Dr.  Bend's  Baltimore. 


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ANNOTATIONS 

Abraham  Beach. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  Maj'  16,  1827. 

George  Dashiell. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  467. 

Joseph  Pilmore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  260. 

S later  Clay. 

Slator,  a  son  of  Slator  and  Ann  (Curtis)  Cla)',  was  born  at  New  Castle, 
Delaware,  October  1,  1754.  His  grandfather,  John  Curtis,  had  been 
speaker  of  the  Assembly  of  Delaware  and  judge  of  the  supreme  court. 
He  was  a  friend  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  who  Mrote  the  epitaph  upon 
his  tombstone  in  the  church-yard  at  New  Castle.  The  boy  was  given  a 
good  education  and  studied  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Dela- 
ware late  in  the  year  1779.  Early  in  1780  he  sailed  for  the  West 
Indies  with  a  friend  who  was  master  of  a  trading  vessel,  with  the 
expectation  of  returning  in  a  short  time.  The  vessel  was  taken  by  a 
British  privateer,  and  Mr.  Clay  was  landed  in  the  island  of  Antigua, 
with  only  one  piece  of  money  in  his  pocket.  He  found  a  British  vessel 
clearing  for  New  York,  upon  which  he  took  passage.  Several  members 
of  the  crew  determined  to  seize  the  vessel,  among  them  an  Italian,  who 
proposed  to  Mr.  Clay  that  he  join  them.  He,  however,  told  the  captain 
secretly,  who  arrested  the  ringleader  and  several  others,  putting  them 
in  irons.  Soon  after,  the  vessel  was  taken  by  an  American  privateer  and 
the  prisoners  were  released.  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Clay  feared  for  hig  life, 
as  the  Italian  had  vowed  vengeance  for  the  disclosure  of  his  plan.  As 
the  voung  American  was  seated  upon  the  deck,  the  Italian  came  for- 
ward with  the  intention  of  killing  him.  He  raised  his  hand,  in  which 
was  a  deadly  weapon,  but  suddenly  paused  and  allowed  it  to  drop  to 
his  side.  It  is  said  that  after  that  episode  he  showed  great  respect  and 
affection  for  Mr.  Clay,  entrusting  him  with  his  trunk  and  valuables. 
While  off  Cape  Hatteras  the  \essel  was  driven  by  a  storm  to  the  coast 
of  Bermuda,  where  it  was  wrecked.  Happily  Mr.  Clay  and  others  were 
saved,  and  seeing  there  was  little  prospect  of  being  able  soon  to  re- 

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THOMAS  LYELL 

turn  to  America,  he  opened  a  school,  which  A\as  successful.  He  made 
man)-  friends.  His  mind  was  so  impressed  with  the  dangers  he  had  es- 
cajjed  that  he  determined,  when  an  opportunity  ofiered,  to  enter  the 
holy  ministry.  Dr.  Muir,  then  a  Presbyterian  minister  on  the  island, 
gave  him  good  advice,  and  encouraged  him  in  his  design,  as  did 
also  other  friends.  He  \A'as  about  to  sail  for  England  to  receive  orders 
from  the  Bishopof  London,  and  the  necessary  papers  were  already  pre- 
pared, when  he  learned  of  the  intended  consecration  of  Dr. White  and 
Dr.  Provoost  as  Bishops.  He  then  changed  his  plan,  and  sailed  for  Phil- 
adelphia late  in  the  year  1786.  He  ^\'as  made  deacon  by  Bishoj)  Wliite 
in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  December  23,  1787.  He  took  charge 
of  St.  James's  Church,  Perkiomen,  St.  Peter's,  Great  Valley,  and  St. 
David's,  Radnor.  He  made  his  home  at  Upper  Merion,  near  Norris- 
town,  Montgomery  County,  fifteen  miles  from  Philadelphia.  He  found 
this  a  most  convenient  point  from  \\hich  to  reach  his  various  parishes. 
He  was  also  assistant  to  Dr.  Collin  of  the  S\\"edish  Gloria  Dei  Church, 
and  ser\'ed  Christ  Church  in  Upper  Merion,  also  a  Swedish  organ- 
ization. In  July,  1799,  he  removed  to  a  new  parsonage  which  had  been 
built  for  him  at  Perkiomen,  adding  the  cure  of  St.  Thomas's,  White- 
marsh.  In  this  busy  round  of  work  he  continued  until  his  death,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1821,  in  his  sixty-seventh  year.  His  son,  the  Rev.  Jehu  C. 
Clay,  says  of  him  : 

"There  are  fe\\'  clergymen  \\  ho  have  been  held  in  more  honour  and 
esteem  by  their  congregations  than  my  father.  His  earnest  and  fer- 
\ent  piety  no  one  doubted :  for  it  shone  forth  in  his  whole  walk  and 
conversation.  All  who  listened  to  his  preaching,  —  and  his  churches, 
whenever  the  weather  permitted,  Avere  alwaj^s  crowded,  —  felt  that 
they  were  receiving  instruction  from  one  whose  life  was  an  exempli- 
fication of  the  truths  which  he  taught.  He  embraced  in  all  their  fulness 
the  doctrines  of  the  Cross,  and  the  great  subject  of  all  his  preaching 
was  'Jesus  Christ  and  Him  crucified.'  He  had  the  most  lowly  con- 
ceptions of  human  sufficiency  in  the  m  ork  of  salvation,  and  the  most 
exalted  conceptions  of  the  sufficiency  of  Christ.  In  his  pulpit  his  action 
was  plain  and  natural,  his  voice  agreeable,  and  his  M'hole  manner 
earnest  and  impressive.  The  illness  which  terminated  in  his  death  was 
of  but  a  few  days'  continuance,  and  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years 
he  closed  a  life  of  faith  on  earth,  in  a  sure  hope  of  entering  on  a  life  of 
glory  in  eternity. 

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"In  stature  my  father  was  about  five  feet,  eight  inches,  of  a  slen- 
der and  delicate  frame,  with  eyes  of  a  hazel  colour,  and  a  benign 
and  interesting  countenance.  In  manners  he  was  reserved  towards 
strangers,  but  affable  and  pleasant  in  the  presence  of  his  friends. 
When  a  young  man,  he  was  proud  and  high  tempered  ;  but,  under  the 
influence  of  God's  renewing  grace,  he  became  as  humble  as  a  child, 
and  in  his  disposition  most  gentle  and  amiable."  {^Sprague' s  Annals, 
vol.  V,  p.  357.] 

Joseph  Herbert  Turtier. 

Mr.  Turner  was  born  in  England  in  1742.  He  came  to  Philadelphia  as 
a  young  man,  where  an  uncle,  Philip  Hulbeart,  was  engaged  in  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Hulbeart  built  a  country  seat  on  Second  Street,  Southwark, 
which  w  ith  the  growth  of  the  city  became  the  family  home.  Dr. Turner, 
on  page  10  of  his  "Autobiography,"  thus  describes  it: 

"The  gradual  increase  of  the  city  soon  brought  the  dwelling  within 
the  limits  of  regular  streets,  numerous  houses,  and  a  considerable  popu- 
lation ;  although,  \\'hen  I  was  a  boy,  there  were  extensive  fields  in  the 
vicinity,  some  of  which  were  under  cuUivation,  and  others,  lying  low, 
were  covered  with  water,  affording,  in  winter,  fine  skating-places.  The 
house  was  solidly  built  of  brick,  and  was  occupied  by  the  family 
for  more  than  one  hundred  years.  My  father  always  retained  a  large 
space  of  ground  in  two  divisions,  which  were  respectively  appropriated 
to  flower  and  vegetable  gardens.  The  cultivation  of  these  he  superin- 
tended himself,  an  employment  which  was  a  source  of  great  gratifica- 
tion to  him  even  in  advanced  age.  His  early  vegetables,  fine  fruit  of  vari- 
ous kinds,  particularly  cherries,  and  beautiful  display  of  roses,  and 
other  flowers,  were,  in  the  beginning  of  summer,  a  general  attraction 
to  the  neighborhood.  Among  the  earliest  recollections  of  my  childhood 
are  his  faithful  black  dog.  Bull,  a  necessary  guard,  especially  during 
the  long  winter  nights,  and  a  sorrel  horse.  Jack,  which  for  twenty 
years  carried  him  in  his  chaise,  to  his  countrjr  churches,  and  was 
a  well-trained  and  sagacious  favorite." 

Mr.  Turner  appears  to  have  engaged  in  business  or  led  the  life  of 
a  country  gentleman  until  his  fiftieth  year,  when  he  applied  for  holy 
orders,  and  was  recommended  by  the  Convention  of  the  Diocese  of 
Pennsylvania,  June  21,  1791 .  He  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  White, 
July  17  of  that  year,  and  immediatelv  took  charge  of  St.  Martin's 
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THOMAS  LYELL 

Church,  Marcus  Hook,  a  village  on  the  Delaware  River,  twenty  miles 
below  Philadelphia.  He  also  was  associated  ^^\ih  Dr.  Nicholas  Collin, 
pastor  of  Gloria  Dei  Church,  Southwark,as  assistant.  This  Church  is 
often  called  Wicaco  Church,  or  Old  Swedes'  Church.  It  is  one  of  the 
oldest  church  buildings  in  the  country,  and  was  dedicated  by  its  pastor, 
Eric  Bjorck,  July  2,  1700.  From  an  early  date  there  was  intercom- 
munion between  the  Swedish  and  Church  of  England  missionaries. 
The  church  was  used  for  English  services  from  1710  in  addition  to 
those  in  Swedish.  Dr.  Collin  was  the  last  Swedish  missionary.  He  was 
born  in  1745,  appointed  to  America  in  1770,  and  served  at  Swedesboro, 
New  Jersey,  and  other  places.  In  1786,  on  the  return  of  Mr.  Hultgren 
to  Sweden,  Dr.  Collin  was  appointed  to  the  Churches  of  Wicaco, 
which  included  Gloria  Dei,  Kingsessing,  and  Upper  Merion.  He  died 
OctoberSl,  1831, at  the  age  of  eighty-six  3'ears.  Dr.  Collin  usually 
had  two  assistants,  both  of  them  in  hoh'  orders  in  the  American 
Church.  He  always  used  the  American  Prayer  Book  and  attended  the 
Diocesan  Conventions.  Mr.  Turner's  work  in  this  extensive  field  was 
aided  b}'  his  colleague.  Dr.  Slator  Clay.  In  addition  to  his  regular  duty 
Mr.  Turner  often  officiated  in  the  Su  edish  churches  at  Wilmington, 
Concord,  Dover,  and  other  places  in  Delaware.  Itis  interesting  to  know 
that  after  Dr.  Collin's  death  Gloria  Dei  Church  became  a  parish  of  the 
Diocese  of  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Turner  continued  his  useful  work  until 
his  death,  July  26,  1821,  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Mason,  the  daughter  of  a  physician  in  Devonshire,  England. 
They  had  eight  children,  three  sons  and  five  daughters.  The  youngest 
son  was  Samuel  Hulbeart,  who  became  a  distinguished  scholar  and 
professor  of  Biblical  learning  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary. 
Dr.  Turner,  in  his  "Autobiography,"  says  on  page  107: 

"He  was  indeed  a  sincere  Christian  man,  full  of  faith  and  good 
works.  His  views  of  religion  were  deep  and  experimental  and,  in  the 
right  sense  of  the  word,  decidedly  evangelical." 

Levi  Bull. 

Levi,  a  son  of  Colonel  Thomas  Bull,  was  born  at  Warwick  Furnace, 
Chester  County,  Pennsylvania,  November  14,  1780.  Graduating  from 
Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  in  1798,  he  then  studied  theology  under 
the  direction  of  Bishop  White,  and  also  attended,  it  is  said,  a  class  for 
divinity  students  conducted  by  Dr.  Nathan  Grier,  an  eminent  Pres- 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

byterian  minister  and  a  friend  of  the  family.  He  was  made  deacon  by 
Bishop  White  in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  February  10,  1805, 
and  ordained  priest  by  the  same  Bishop  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, February  16,  1806.  He  took  charge  of  St.  Gabriel's  Church, 
Berks  County,  and  St.  Mary's  Church,  Chester  County .  The  whole  of 
his  life  was  spent  in  mission  work  in  these  counties  and  in  Lancaster 
County.  Among  the  other  churches  founded  by  him  are  St.  Andrew's 
and  St.  Mark's  in  Chester  County,  St.  Thomas's  in  Berks  Count}-, 
and  Bangor  in  Lancaster  County.  He  was  earnest,  faithful,  and  effi- 
cient. He  was  a  leading  member  of  the  Convention,  being  appointed 
on  the  standing  committee  and  representing  the  diocese  in  the  General 
Convention.  Dr.  Howe,  on  page  106  of  his  "  Memoir  of  Bishop  Alonzo 
Potter,"  preserves  this  characteristic  letter,  written  on  the  evening  of 
May  23,  1845,  the  day  when  Dr.  Potter  was  elected  Bishop  of  Penn- 
sylvania : 

Rev.  and  Dear  Sir:  Say  me  not.  Nay!  You  are  the  only  man  I  know 
entirely  to  unite  this  hitherto  divided  Diocese.  My  prayers  are  heard 
so  far  as  regards  your  election,  and  I  feel  confident  that  you  will  feel 
bound  to  give  this  subject  your  prayerful  attention.  May  the  Great 
Head  of  the  Church  direct  you,  and  may  He  have  you  in  his  holy 
keeping ! 

Your  sincere  friend  and 

Most  affectionate  brother, 

L— B— . 

P.S.  So  full  of  your  election  to  the  Episcopate,  I  had  almost  forgotten 
to  mention  that  this  day  you  were  elected  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania. 

He  also  prefaces  a  letter  from  the  Bishop  to  Dr.  Bull  with  these  affec- 
tionate words: 

"All  who  remember  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bull  of  Chester  County,  the  senior 
Presbyter  of  the  Diocese  at  the  time  of  Bishop  Potter's  accession  to 
the  Episcopate,  remember  nothing  about  him — except  his  magnifi- 
cent appearance  —  more  vividly  than  his  frank  and  generous  nature, 
and  his  zeal  for  the  evangelic  purity  of  the  Church  and  for  the  blame- 
less deportment  of  her  Ministers  and  members.  The  following  letter 
from  Bishop  Potter  indicates  that  the  doctor  had  written  to  him  in  the 
freedom  of  personal  friendship,  and  the  fidelity  of  one  jealous  for  the 

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Church's  honor.  The  response  shows  how  a  Bishop  of  true  humility, 
lofty  purposes  and  large  heart  could  receive  and  appl}'  such  an  admo- 
nition." 

In  another  place  he  gives  a  tender  letter  of  sympathy  from  the 
Bishop  on  the  death  in  1847  of  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Bull,  and  adds  this 
comment : 

"Dear  old  Dr.  Bull,  after  a  long  life  of  earnest  piety  and  untiring 
devotion,  checkered  w  ith  many  and  varied  experiences,  has  gone  to 
his  rest." 

Dr.  Bull  lived  in  retirement  for  se^■eral  years  before  his  death  at 
White  Marsh,  Tuesday,  August  2,  1859,  in  his  eighdeth  year.  He 
married  March  31,  1808,  Ann,  a  daughter  of  Cyrus  Jacobs,  an  iron- 
master of  Churchtown,  Lancaster  County,  Pennsylvania.  They  had 
fifteen  children.   • 

James  Wiltbank. 

Mr.  Wiltbank  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  White,  March  1,  1795. 
He  took  charge  of  the  Churches  in  Sussex  County,  Delaware,  of 
\\hich  the  largest  was  St.  Peter's,  Lewis.  He  became  rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Oxford,  with  All  Saints',  Lower  Dublin,  in  1809.  In  1816  he 
removed  to  Philadelphia  to  accept  the  principalship  of  the  grammar 
school  in  connection  \\ith  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  This  posi- 
tion he  resigned  previous  to  1832,  but  continued  to  live  in  Philadelphia. 
He  was  appointed  a  chaplain  in  the  navy  about  1830,  but  retained  his 
city  residence  until  his  death,  which  was  prior  to  November,  1843. 

Hamilton  Bell. 

Hamilton,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Hamilton  Bell  of  Stepney  Parish,  was  born 
in  Somerset  County,  Maryland.  His  grandfather,  also  named  Hamil- 
ton, had  been  a  Presbyterian  minister,  who  conformed  to  the  Church 
and  was  ordained  in  England  in  1748,  and  became  incumbent  of 
Somerset  Parish,  Somerset  Countv,  Marvland.  The  third  Hamilton 
was  carefully  educated  under  his  father,  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop 
Claggett,  June  1,  1806,  and  took  charge  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  George- 
town, Delaware.  He  returned  to  Maryland  in  1810,  and  was  elected 
rector  of  Worcester  and  All  Hallows  Parishes,  Worcester  Coimty.  In 
the  following  year  he  went  back  to  Delaware,  but  does  not  appear  to 
have  held  a  parish. 

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James  Laird. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  456. 

William  Murray  Stone. 

William  Murray,  a  son  of  William  and  Betty  Stone,  was  born  in  Som- 
erset County,  Maryland,  Junel,  1779.  He  was  educated  at  Princess 
Ann  Academy,  Somerset,  and  graduated  from  Washington  College, 
Kent,  when  twenty  years  old.  He  studied  theology  under  the  Rev.  Dr. 
George  Dashiell,  the  brilliant  rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Baltimore. 
He  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Claggett  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Prince 
George  County,  May  17,  1802.  He  took  charge  of  Stepney  Parish, 
Somerset  County.  His  administration  of  the  parish  was  most  vigorous, 
and  as  a  result  he  increased  the  number  of  communicants  within  four 
years  from  one  hundred  to  five  hundred.  He  was  ordained  priest  by 
Bishop  Claggett,  December  27,  1803.  Mr.  Stone  lived  in  his  parish 
and  busied  himself  in  caring  for  every  part  of  it,  without  seeking 
honours  or  the  excitement  of  a  large  town  or  city.  He  was  respected 
by  his  brethren  for  his  quiet,  earnest,  and  effective  pastoral  work.  In 
1829  Mr.  Stone  removed  to  Chester  Parish  in  Kent  County.  The  sud- 
den death  of  Bishop  Kemp  in  1827  plunged  the  diocese  into  a  strife 
for  supremacy  between  those  calling  themselves  "Evangelical"  and 
"High"  Churchmen.  At  the  Convention  held  in  1828  there  was  a 
sharp  contention  between  the  friends  of  Dr.  William  Ed\\'ard  Wyatt, 
rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Baltimore,  and  those  of  Dr.  John  Johns, 
rector  of  Christ  Church,  Baltimore,  the  evangelical  champion.  Dr. 
Wyatt  was  elected  president  of  the  Con\'ention  by  a  majoritj'  of  seven, 
the  clergy  and  laity  voting  together.  When  the  election  for  Bishop  took 
place  Dr.  Johns  had  a  majority  of  the  clerical  votes,  but  not  the  requi- 
site two-thirds  necessary  for  an  election .  The  Maryland  rule  then  re- 
quired the  clergy  to  elect  and  the  laity  to  confirm  or  reject.  After  three 
ineffectual  ballots  the  election  was  postponed  imtil  the  next  Annual 
Convention.  In  1829  the  contest  was  renewed,  both  factions  having 
nearly  equal  strength.  Dr.  Wyatt  and  Dr.  Johns,  in  manly  addresses, 
withdrew  their  names,  and  proposed  Dr.  Alonzo  Potter  of  Union  Col- 
lege, Schenectady,  but  their  attempt  to  unite  all  upon  one  candidate 
was  unsuccessful.  Five  ballots  were  taken,  in  which  the  strength  of 
each  was  nearly  the  same  as  in  the  previous  Convention.  A  proposition 
to  change  the  canonical  provision  requiring  a  two-thirds  vote  was 
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adopted  and  sent  to  the  various  parishes  for  discussion.  When  the 
Convention  met  on  June  1,  1830,  all  had  grown  weary  of  strife  and  de- 
bate. The  amendment  making  only  a  majority  necessary  to  elect  was 
rejected.  After  some  ineffectual  ballotings  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  nominate  a  suitable  person  to  be  elected  Bishop.  In  a  letter  to  the 
Rev.  Dr.  William  B.  Sprague,  given  in  his  "Annals,"  volume  v, 
page  485,  Dr.  Peregrine  Wroth  describes  the  result: 

"It  was  during  his  Rectorate  in  this  place  (Chestertown),  that  he 
was  elected  Bishop.  The  contest  for  the  Bishopric  lay  between  Dr. 
Wyatt  on  the  one  side,  and  Doctors  Henshaw  and  Johns  on  the  other. 
Each  party  was  fully  resolved  that  the  candidate  of  the  other  should 
never  be  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese.  After  many  ballotings  a  Com- 
mittee was  chosen,  and  was  directed  to  retire  and  agree  in  recommend- 
ing some  individual  to  the  House.  Of  this  Committee  Rev.  Messrs. 
Simon  Wilmer  and  William  M .  Stone  \\ere  members.  As  soon  as  they 
retired  to  their  room,  Mr.  Wilmer  said,  —  'Brother  Stone,  I  wish  you 
would  go  out  a  little  while.' Although  this  was  said  in  a  kind  and 
fraternal  tone,  Mr.  Stone  was  much  confused,  and  looked  about  for 
some  explanation,  but  receiving  none,  he  quietly  obeyed  and  went 
out.  Mr.  Wilmer  immediately  nominated  Mr.  Stone — the  Commit- 
tee agreed,  went  into  the  Convention  room,  made  their  report,  and 
Mr.  Stone  was  (I  think  unanimously)  elected  Bishop." 

Dr.  Stone  was  consecrated  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Baltimore,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1830,  by  Dr.  William  White,  Presiding  Bishop,  assisted  by 
Bishop  Moore  of  Virginia,  Bishop  Onderdonk,  assistant  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  Bishop  Meade,  assistant  of  Virginia. 

Bishop  Stone  was  the  same  quiet,  self-possessed,  and  effective  worker 
as  when  a  parish  priest.  With  a  loyal  diocese  and  his  own  wise 
plans  for  its  advancement  there  was  substantial  material  and  spiritual 
progress.  He  M'as  never  in  robust  health,  but  his  duty  ^\■as  always 
fullv  done.  It  is  said  that  at  no  previous  period  was  there  greater 
prosperity. 

The  Bishop  died  of  a  fe\'er  after  several  weeks'  illness,  February  26, 
1838.  Bishop  Stone  married  Anne,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Marga- 
ret Savage  of  Northampton  County,  Virginia.  They  had  seven  chil- 
dren, four  sons  and  three  daughters.  Mrs.  Stone  died  April  9,  1821. 
The  Rev.  Richard  H.  Waters  says,  on  page  486  of  the  fifth  volume 
of  Dr.  Sprague's  "Annals:  " 

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"Bishop  Stone  was  tall  and  remarkably  slender  in  his  person.  His 
features  were  small,  his  hair  thin  and  light,  his  forehead  projecting, 
and  his  eyebrows  uncommonly  large  and  heavy,  and  the  expression 
of  his  countenance  altogether  agreeable.  He  was  easy  of  access,  win- 
ning in  his  manners,  and  cheerful  in  his  intercourse.  He  relished  a 
good  joke  when  circumstances  rendered  it  proper,  and  he  had  a  large 
stock  of  anecdotes  at  command,  which  served  often  greatly  to  enliven 
his  conversation  ;  though  he  kept  at  the  greatest  distance  from  every- 
thing that  savoured  of  indecent  levity. 

"As  a  preacher  he  was  eminently  serious  and  practical.  His  voice 
was  fine,  and  his  gesture  natural  and  graceful ;  and  yet  he  Mas  as  far 
as  possible  from  anything  like  oratorical  display.  The  great  design  of 
all  his  discourses  seemed  to  be  to  bring  men  to  Christ;  but  he  never 
omitted  to  tell  his  hearers  that  none  come  to  Christ,  who  do  not  repent, 
amend,  and  work  righteousness. 

"In  the  discharge  of  his  Episcopal  duties,  he  was  active,  industrious 
and  faithful;  and  by  the  union  of  firmness  and  moderation,  upright- 
ness and  kindliness,  he  gained  the  general  confidence  and  good-will 
of  his  Diocese.  In  his  journeyings  through  the  State  he  was  every- 
where received  with  marked  reverence  and  affection.  He  visited  all 
the  parishes  in  his  Diocese  once  in  two  years,  and  some  of  them  once 
a  year.  His  attention  to  vacant  parishes  particularly  was  most  faith- 
ful and  exemplary." 

Dr.  Hawks,  in  the  course  of  an  estimate  of  the  Bishop's  character 
in  his  "History  of  the  Church  in  Maryland,"  says,  on  page  487: 

"But  his  character  brightens  upon  us  when  we  turn  from  his  official 
station  to  contemplate  him  in  the  more  familiar  relations  of  life.  What 
did  Bishop  Stone's  friends  and  acquaintance  think  of  him  as  a  man? 
Born  in  Maryland,  from  the  day  of  his  ordination  as  deacon,  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  wqth  the  exception  of  a  single  year,  he  lived  in 
the  parish  in  which  he  was  born.  What  then  say  his  neighbors  who 
knew  him  from  boyhood?  They  say,  that  meek,  guileless,  unambi- 
tious, pious,  he  has  left  behind  him  a  stainless  reputation  for  all  that 
is  good  and  upright  as  a  man  and  a  minister  of  the  gospel.  This  we 
think  is  quite  fame  enough  for  any  Bishop." 

Bishop  Stone  published:  "A  Charge  delivered  to  the  Clergj' and  Laity 

of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  assembled  in  Annual  Convention 

in  1 83 1 ;  "  a  "  Pastoral  Letter  addressed  to  the  Diocese  of  the  Protes- 

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tant  Episcopal  Church  of  Maryland,  Ma}-,  1835;  "  and  a  "Sermon 
delivered  before  the  General  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  assembled  in  Philadelphia,  October,  1835." 

Simon  Wilmer. 

Mr.  Wilmer  was  a  native  of  Maryland.  He  was  made  deacon  by 
Bishop  Claggett,  July  4,  1802,  and  became  rector  of  South  Sassafras 
Parish,  Kent.  In  1806  he  removed  to  St.  Paul's  Parish  in  the  same 
county.  In  1808  he  accepted  the  rectorshipof  Trinity  Church,  Swedes- 
boro,  New  Jersc}'.  He  ser\ed  that  diocese  in  many  capacities.  In  1830 
he  returned  to  Maryland,  where  he  held  successively  the  parishes 
of  Queen  Anne,  St.  George,  and  Spring  Hill,  Somerset  and  Worcester 
counties.  From  1832  to  1836  he  was  rector  of  St.  Mary's  Church, 
Francisville,  Pennsylvania.  He  spent  the  closing  years  of  his  life  in 
Maryland  asrectorof  ChristChurch,  Prince  George  County.  Heserved 
on  the  standing  committee,  was  a  deputy  to  the  General  Convention, 
and  Convention  preacher.  He  died  in  1840.  His  son.  Dr.  Joseph  Pere 
Bell  Wilmer,  was  Bishop  of  Louisiana  from  1866  to  1878.  In  his 
"Recollections,"  on  page  183,  Dr.  Joseph  Packard  savsof  Mr. Wil- 
mer:  "I  thought  him  a  ^•ery  earnest,  brave  man,  and  his  ministry  A\as 
a  long  and  useful  one.  He  found  once  that  men  did  not  come  in  until 
after  the  service,  in  time  for  the  sermon,  so  he  changed  his  order  and 
had  the  sermon  first,  and  when  they  came  he  told  them  he  had  kept 
the  best  for  last,  and  thus  he  broke  up  the  custom." 

Johji  Henry  Reynolds. 

Mr.  Reynolds  was  presumably  born  in  Virginia.  He  was  made  deacon 

in  1796  by  Bishop  Madison.  He  did  missionar}'  work  in  Hardy  County 

in  the  Shenandoah  valley,  probably  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the  present 

Moorefield,  until  1804,  when  he  removed  to  Maryland  as  rector  of  St. 

Peter's  Parish,  Montgomery.  From  1809  to  1811  he  resided  in  South 

Carolina. 

George  Dashiell  S.  Handy. 

George  Dashiell  S.Handv  was  born  in  Kent  County,  Maryland.  He 
was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Claggett,  June  9,  1805.  He  became 
minister  of  North  Elk  Parish,  Cecil  County.  In  1808  he  was  elected 
rector  of  St.  John's  Parish,  Harford  County.  In  1812  he  removed  to 
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Calvert  County  as  rector  of  Christ  Church  Parish.  He  was  one  of  the 
associates  of  Dr.  George  Dashiell  in  his  notable  opposition  to  the  elec- 
tion and  consecration  of  Dr.  Kemp  as  Suffragan  Bishop.  He  remained 
in  Calvert  County  until  1816,  his  last  parish  being  All  Saints',  which 
he  resigned  at  the  close  of  that  year. 

When  Dr.  Dashiell  formed  the  "Evangelical  Episcopal  Church" 
he  joined  it.  In  1819  he  was  displaced  from  the  ministry. 

Nathan  Bonne  Crocker. 

Nathan,  a  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Bourne)  Crocker,  was  born 
at  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  July  4,1781.  He  attended  Sandwich 
Academy,  and  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1802.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  He 
intended  to  complete  his  course  under  the  famous  Dr.  Jeffries  of  Bos- 
ton, but  a  very  critical  illness  of  the  physician  altered  his  plan,  and  he 
accompanied  his  friend,  Mr.Bowen,  in  October,  1802,  to  Providence. 
After  Mr.  Bowen's  departure  for  the  South,  October  28,  Mr.  Crocker 
became  lay  reader  in  St.  John's  Church.  His  religious  views  had  been 
changed  by  intercourse  with  Mr.  Bowen,  for  he  was  brought  up  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  was  elected  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  April  11, 
1803,"  as  soon  as  he  obtained  Deacon's  Orders."  He  was  made 
deacon  by  Bishop  Bass  in  Trinit}'  Church,  Boston,  May  24,  1803.  In 
January,  1804,  ill  health  compelled  him  to  ask  release  from  his  engage- 
ment, and  in  June,  1804,  he  sailed  for  Lisbon.  Upon  his  return  he  offi- 
ciated in  St.  John's  for  some  Sundays,  and  on  the  resignation  of  the  Rev. 
John  Lynn  Blackburn,  in  March,  1807,  Mr.  Crocker  was  elected  rec- 
tor "on  his  obtainment  of  Priest's  Orders."  He  was  ordained  priest  by 
Bishop  Moore,  May  18,  1808.  He  then  entered  upon  a  work  which 
ended  only  with  his  death.  From  1813  to  his  retirement  from  the  active 
duties  of  the  rectorship  in  1861  he  baptized  over  eleven  hundred  per- 
sons, seven  hundred  and  fifty  being  infants,  admitted  six  hundred  and 
fifty  to  the  Holy  Communion,  and  "officiated  at  nearly  three  hundred 
and  fifty  marriages  and  at  more  than  five  hundred  and  fifty  funerals." 
The  communicants  increased  from  fift\'  to  two  hundred  and  thirty- 
eight,  although  two  new  parishes  were  formed.  Dr.  Crocker  died  at  his 
home  in  Providence,  October  19,  1865,  in  the  eighty-fifth  year  of  his 
age.  From  1807  he  was  continuously  a  member  of  the  standing  com- 
mittee of  the  diocese,  for  many  years  its  president,  and  a  deputy  in  nine- 

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teen  sessions  of  the  General  Convention.  From  1808  he  was  a  fellow  of 
Brown  University,  and  its  secretary  from  1846  to  1853.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  had  been  for  seven  years  the  oldest  priest  by  ordination  in 
the  American  Church.  In  1810  Dr.  Crocker  married  Eliza  Antoinette, 
a  daughter  of  Dr.  Isaac  Senter  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  They  had 
four  children.  Dr.  Charles  R.  Batchelder  says,  in  his  "History  of  the 
Eastern  Diocese,"  volume  ii,  page  315  : 

"It  is  pleasant  to  reflect  upon  the  life  of  Dr.  Crocker.  It  was  his  privi- 
lege to  be  the  rector  of  only  one  Church.  During  two  generations  he 
performed  faithfully  the  various  and  delicate  duties  of  a  Christian  pas- 
tor. With  sentiments  of  veneration  and  tender  regard  the  children  and 
grandchildren  of  those  who  chose  him  for  their  priest  followed  him  to 
his  burial.  His  work  A\as  done,  and  it  was  fit  that  he  should  go  to  the 
refreshing  rest  of  the  faithful  souls. 

"In  Providence,  and  especially  in  St.  John's  Church,  the  influence 
of  Dr.  Crocker,  \\  as  manifold  and  great.  He  did  very  much  for  the 
Church  in  the  State  and  country,  i^rly  in  his  ministry  he  became  a 
practical  missionary.  The  little  flocks,  gathered  and  fed  by  Honyman, 
MacSparran,  Browne,  Usher,  Graves,  and  others,  had  been  discour- 
aged and  scattered.  No  one  sought  for  them.  A  man  of  the  deep  and 
earnest  religious  sentiments  of  Dr.  Crocker  could  not  rest  while  the 
Episcopal  Church  was  confined  to  four  places  in  the  Diocese.  Others 
were  soon  found  ready  to  engage  m  ith  him  in  works  of  love.  He  had 
the  satisfaction  of  seeing  a  healthy  growth  of  the  Diocese  and  much 
precious  fruit. 

Dr.  Crocker  partook  largelj^of  the  movement  in  the  Church  in  1812 
in  favor  of  a  more  evangelical  style  of  preaching.  His  religious  char- 
acter at  that  time  became  more  fully  developed,  and  the  great  and 
living  truths  of  the  Gospel  were  more  clearly  apprehended  by  him. 
In  theology  he  was  a  Calvinist.  His  sermons,  which  v\  ere  seldom  doc- 
trinal, of  course  received  their  tone  from  that  system  as  expounded  by 
the  elder  Edwards.  In  the  organization  of  two  distinct  parties  in  the 
Church,  he  doubtless  sympathized  with  that  one  which  has  chosen 
to  call  itself  Evangelical.  The  Gospel,  however,  does  not  happen  to  be 
the  exclusive  property  of  either  school  of  theology.  Good  and  great 
men  are  found  in  both  schools.  Charity  is  not  observed  to  have  any 
excessive  development  and  activity  in  either  of  them. 

"  In  person.  Dr.  Crocker  was  tall  and  symmetrical.  His  manner  of 

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reading  the  service  and  delivering  his  discourses  was  quite  pleasing 
and  impressive.  In  the  intercourse  of  life  he  was  a  courteous  gentleman 
and  a  safe  adviser." 

John  Armstrong. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  454, 

George  Dashiell. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  467. 

Richard  Chamihig  Moore. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  25, 1814. 

Henry  J.  Feltus. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  September  29, 1809. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

William  White. 

For  notice  see  Volume  I,  page  155. 


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JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Philad"  Mav  31''  1808. 

Rev  &  Dr  Sir 

HAVING  experienced  some  "compun61ious  visitings  of 
nature,"  since  our  momentary  tete  a  tete  in  my  study, 
I  cannot  avoid  addressing  you  upon  the  subje6t  and  as  it  is 
in  some  degree  a  case  of  Conscience,  I  trust "  you  will  of  your 
clemency  hear  me  in  few  words." 

When  I  told  you  I  had  not  asked  any  other  friend  to  sug- 
gest improvements  for  my  2d  ed?  I  did  not  stri6lly  speak  the 
truth,  tho'  at  the  moment  I  had  totally  forgotten  ( nor  am  I 
quite  sure  ;zozc',  but  believe)  that  in  a  late  letter  to  Dr  Bend, 
making  mention  of  the  sale  of  those  sent  to  Baltimore,  I  told 
him  my  stock  was  exhausted,  &  as  I  must  print  another  ed? 
wished  to  know  whether  he  would  recommend  any  additions 
or  alterations.  I  do  not  suppose  he  will  trouble  his  head  about 
the  matter,  but,  under  the  assertion  I  made  to  you,  I  could  not 
feel  easy  until  I  thus  relieved  my  mind  to  you.  To  you  I  look 
for  advice  on  the  subject  and  shall  not  put  the  work  to  press 
till  I  hear  from  you.  I  have  enlarged  the  "  address  to  Parents." 
I  beg  you  will  write  explicitly ,  fully ,  &  candidly. 

I  am  very  anxious  to  see,  and  beg  you  will  immediately  send 
me  a  list  of  the  new  Hymns.  I  should  be  glad  to  introduce 
some  of  them  at  once.  Dont  fail  to  send  me  Dr  Bowden's 
book,  as  soon  as  it  comes  out. 

I  beg  to  hear  from  you  as  soon  as  convenient,  &  am, 
Rev  &  Dr  Sir, 

Yr  friend  &  Brother 

Jas  Abercrombie. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  D.D. 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church  New  York. 

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ANNOTATIONS 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 

Abercromhie' s  LeSiures  on  the  Catechism. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  426. 

Hymns  adopted  by  the  Ge?ieral  Convention,  1808. 
On  Thursday,  May  19,  1808,  during  the  session  of  the  General  Con- 
vention in  Baltimore,  it  was  resolved  by  the  House  of  Deputies  that 
thirty  hymns  should  be  added  to  the  twenty-seven  set  forth  in  1789. 
The  proviso  was  made  and  enacted  into  a  rubric  that  on  every  cele- 
bration of  divine  service  ' '  a  certain  portion  or  portions  of  the  Psalms 
of  David,  in  metre,  be  sung.  "The  Rev.  Dr.  Richard  Channing  Moore, 
the  Rev.  Dr.  James  Kemp,  theRev.GeorgeDashiellof  Baltimore,  and 
Joshua  M.  Wallace  of  New  Jersey  were  appointed  to  select  and  re- 
port suitable  hymns.  Ten  were  chosen  from  Dr.  Watts,  ten  from  Mrs. 
Anne  Steele,  three  from  Dr.  Doddridge,  one,  without  the  name  of 
the  author,  from  Dr.  Rippon's  collection  of  1787,  and  one  by  Samuel 
Birch  [Jbr  notice  see  page  65]  ,  "  Lord  of  Life,  all  praise  excelling." 
This  was  considered  the  best  charity  hymn  that  had  been  written  up  to 
that  time.  In  the  revision  of  1826  it  was  numbered  117.  It  was  rejected 
in  1871.  Two  were  by  Bishop  Ken  and  two  by  Charles  Wesley.  It  is 
said  that  the  melodious  voice  of  Dr.  Moore,  the  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee, as  he  read  the  hymns  approved,  caused  a  member  to  regret 
that  the  hymns  had  not  been  read  by  some  one  else,  "as  we  would 
certainly  adopt  any  hymn  read  by  that  gentleman." 

Bowden's  Letters  on  Episcopacy. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  468. 


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JAMES  KEMP 

[  From  James  Kemp  ] 

My  Dear  Sir, 

IMMEDIATELY  upon  receiving  your  Prospe6lus  I  wrote 
to  Judge  Robertson,  the  ReV?  Mr.  Stone,  the  Rev'?  Mr. 
Laird,  and  sent  each  of  them  several  copies.  I  also  think  of 
trying  to  extend  it  down  to  the  Eastern  shore  of  Virginia. 
But  upon  refleftion,  it  appears  to  me  that  the  Rev!  Mr.  Jones 
of  your  City,  would  be  the  most  suitable  person,  as  his  resi- 
dence there  made  him  better  acquainted  with  suitable  persons 
to  apply  to  than  I  am.  And  a  very  dire6l  route  for  its  con- 
veyance might  be  found  thro'  Snow  Hill.  I  wish  thro'  your 
friend  Mr.  Mercer  or  some  other  person,  its  circulation  in 
Virginia  could  be  effefted.  It  might,  with  a  divine  blessing 
be  happily  instrumental  in  rousing  them  from  their  dreadful 
lethargy. 

The  Convention  of  this  State  and  a  variety  of  other  engage- 
ments have  so  occupied  me  since  I  saw  you,  that  I  have  done 
nothing  but  my  usual  necessary  duties.  The  pressure  of  the 
Times  has  greatly  operated  against  my  attempts  to  get  sub- 
scribers, and  I  can  only  order  12  copies  including  4  of  Mr. 
Jackson's  subscribers,  who  resided  in  this  County.  I  am  very 
anxious  to  see  your  first  n?  &  if  it  is  not  already  forwarded, 
I  beg  you  to  send  them  by  Post  immediately.  In  future,  you 
might, if  conveyances  are  frequent  and  regular, send  my  quota 
to  Baltimore  by  water,  to  the  care  of  Dr.  Bend.  This  would 
considerably  lessen  the  expense  and  enable  me  perhaps  to 
get  more  subscribers. 

You  must  not  forget  to  admit  a  certain  proportion  of  pieces, 
that  will  suit  us  here,  situated  as  we  are,  with  regard  to  Evan- 
gelical Preachers  &  the  Methodists.  To  the  former  you  must 
apply  nothing  diredlly  but  advocate,  sound  j^rinciples  and 
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union.  The  latter  you  must  not  treat  with  so  delicate  a  hand. 
The  general  circulation  of  My  Little  Essays,  in  which  notice 
was  taken  of  their  abuse  of  our  Clergy  has  had  a  great  effe6l, 
&  I  am  told  that  if  the  Author  of  the  particular  expressions 
noticed  there  had  been  at  their  Gen:  Con:  he  would  have  been 
reprimanded  by  their  Bishop. 

For  a  few  days  back  I  have  been  exceedingly  indisposed  in 
consequence  of  about  ten  days  of  unusually  hot  weather.  I 
hope  however  to  be  restored  soon,  as  I  am  now  under  the 
operation  of  medicine.  I  beg  my  best  respe6ls  to  M?  Hobart, 
and  remain  my  beloved  friend  yours  aflP.y. 

Ja!  Kemp. 

June  6.  i8o8. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev".  D".  Hobart  New  York, 


ANNOTATIONS 

George  Robertson. 

Judge  Robertson  \\  as  a  lay  deputy  to  the  General  Convention  from 
Maryland  in  1808  and  1811.  The  Robertson  family  of  Maryland 
settled  principally  in  Charles  and  Montgomery  Counties. 

William  Murray  Stone. 
For  notice  see  page  26. 

James  Laird. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  456. 

Cave  Jo7ies. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  78. 

Charles  Fenton  Mercer. 
For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  94. 
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JAMES  KEMP 

Joseph  Jackson. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  484. 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 

Kemp's  Episcopacy  Fmdicated. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  469. 


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WARD  FAIRCHILD 

THE  identity  of  Ward  Fairchild  and  of  his  uncle  has  eluded  dili- 
gent research .  From  a  subsequent  letter,  that  of  June  19,  1809, 
it  is  evident  that  Dr.  Hobart  gave  him  some  assistance  in  reply  to  the 
following  letter.  In  the  marriage  register  of  Trinity  Parish,  New  York, 
there  is,  in  volume  i,  page  300,  the  following  entry:  "April  26th, 
1805.  Ward  Fairchild  and  Sarah  Brown  by  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Hobart." 


[  From  Ward  Fairchu,d  ] 

New  York  June  9th  1808. 

Rev?  Doct^  Hobart. 
Dear  Sir, 

CONSIDERING,  you  as  one  of  the  Humane,  and  willing 
to  assist  (all  in  your  power)  those  who  ask  of  you,  in- 
duces me  to  request  of  you,  your  assistance.  I  have  been  very 
unfortunate  in  business  since  you  marri'd  me  and  have  lost 
some  thousands  of  Dollars,  &  at  present  am  in  extreme  pov- 
erty, owing  about  50  Dollars,  without  any  means  of  paying 
it.  I  wish  to  get  into  the  country,  where  living  is  cheap,  as  there 
is  a  total  stagnation  of  business  in  the  City,  and  my  being  out 
of  employ  ( without  any  means  of  getting  any,  while  the  Em- 
bargo is  on )  renders  it  necessary  for  me  to  go.  I  expe6l  to  go 
out  tomorrow  morning, please  therefore  (if  not  inconvenient 
to  yourself)  assist  me  a  little,  ( as  I  have  no  money  to  go  with ) 
and  it  may  at  a  future  day  be  in  my  power  to  repay  you  the 
same.  My  situation  is  such  that  I  am  under  the  necessity  of 
asking  from  those,  on  whom  I  have  no  demand  except  the 
common  principles  of  benevolence  and  humanity.  I  am  really 
distressed  and  tho'  when  I  get  into  the  Country  ( should  the 
Embargo  still  continue )  know  not  at  what  time  I  might  be 
able  to  repay  you  for  any  favors  confered.  But  your  own 

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WARD  FAIRCHILD 

good  heart,  will  teach  you  to  help  a  poor  young  man.  And  my 
Uncle  Hubbard  will,  I  flatter  myself  (if  I  should  not  in  time) 
repay  you  for  the  same. 

I  expert  to  go  to  FishKill  or  Poughkeepsie  from  whence  I 
shall  inform  of  my  success — &c. 
Please  write  this  evening  by  the  bearer  and  oblige 
Dear  Sir 

Your  assured  friend 

Ward  Fairchild. 

Please  excuse  errors,  having  no  chance  of  writing  but  on  my 
knee. 

Superscription : 

Rev?  John  H.  Hobart  N°  46  Greenwich  S".  New  York. 


[  From  Ward  Fairchild  ] 

New  York  June  10"'  1808. 

Dear  Sir, 

I  WAS  disappointed  last  evening  in  sending  the  enclosed : 
and  am  now  under  the  necessity  of  putting  the  same  into 
the  Post  Office,  being  rather  unwell  this  morning.  I  shall  not 
leave  Town  'till  to  morrow,  early,  in  the  mean  time  your 
answer  or  assistance,  I  have  to  request  you  will  send  to 
No  143  Greenwich  Street  directed  Care  of  J.  &  J.  P.  Foote 
as  soon  this  day  as  convenient. 

Yours  truly 

Ward  Fairchild 

No  super icription. 


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ANNOTATION 

J.  &  J.  P.  Foote. 

The  New  York  Directory  gives  the  address  of  this  firm  of  merchants 

as  143  Greenwich  Street.  No  further  particulars  concerning  them  are 

obtainable. 


[   40  ] 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

[  From  John  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Eliz.  Town  June  lo.  1808. 

My  Dear  Sir, 

THE  Prospe6lus  came  in  season  to  hand.  I  made  all  ex- 
ertions in  my  power,  &  I  hope  that  some  advantage  will 
be  derived.  I  am  persuaded  that  you  will  get  a  very  fine  list 
from  NewArk.  Several  of  y*:  Lay  Men  promised  to  make  all 
y^  interest  they  could. 

We  had  a  fuller  convention  than  has  ever  been  convened 
here  I  believe  except  on  the  Dr.  Ogden  business.  I  had  de- 
termined to  propose  the  measure  wh.  you  mention  of  an  ad- 
dress. I  did  so  and  laboured  pretty  hard  to  get  it  into  effeft 
I  believe  it  would  have  been  carried  but  the  NewArk  Gen- 
tlemen opposed  me  and  in  order  to  get  rid  of  my  motion 
proposed  to  postpone  yf  consideration  till  next  convention 
&  appoint  a  Committee  to  report  an  address  then,  this  was 
carried.  The  reason  assigned  for  postponing  was  the  pastoral 
Letter  from  y!  House  of  Bp! 

A  Resolution  was  passed  that  y^  Next.  Con?  go  into  yf  con- 
sideration of  yf  expediency  of  eledling  a  Bishop.  M".  Willard 
delivered  y*;  Sermon  before  yf  Convention  &,  I  preached  in  the 
evening.  We  gave  the  necessary  testimonials  to  Mr.  Higbee 
for  Mount  Holly.  I  have  rarely  seen  a  man  more  perfe6lly 
unassuming  and  modest.  His  examination  did  him  consider- 
able credit  &  the  sermon  wh.  he  delivered  was  very  good.  I 
think  I  may  say  he  has  nothing  of  yf  Methodist  about  him. 

I  have  made  an  engagement  to  preach  at  Freehold  Sund. 
19'.^  June.  Will  it  not  be  possible  to  get  some  gentleman  from 
among  you  to  fill  my  pulpit  here  .''You  know  how  impor- 
tant it  is  that  my  ch.  should  not  be  shut,  &  I  am  confident 
you  will  if  you  can  secure  me  the  aid  of  some  of  your  Clergy. 
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Whoever  will  come  will  receive  my  best  thanks  &  when  in  my 
power  a  full  return  of  service,  that  is  as  to  quantity  of  Read- 
ing and  Preaching. 
Will  you  have  yf  goodness  to  inform  me  soon  as  convenient. 

Yrs.  aff! 

John  C  Rudd 

Superscription: 

Rev  Dr  Hobart  No.  46  Greenwich  St  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazme,  Nezv  Series. 

Among  the  Hobart  papers  there  is  the  following  circular,  prospec- 
tus, and  conditions  of  publishing,  relating  to  the  new  series  of  "The 
Churchman's  Magazine,"  of  which  Dr.  Hobart  was  to  be  the  editor 
and  proprietor.  The  prospectus  and  conditions  were  published  on  page 
238  of  "The  Churchman's  Magazine"  for  May  and  June,  1808. 

Dr.  Hobart's  Circular. 

The  circular  was  as  follows : 

New  Tork,  June,  1 808. 

The  favour  of  your  subscription  and  patronage  is  respectfullj' requested 
to  the  periodical  publication.  Prospectus  of  which  accompanies  this 
address. 

In  soliciting  any  personal  favour,  the  subscriber  would  feel  a  diffi- 
dence and  timidity,  which  he  esteems  it  his  duty  to  repress  on  the  pres- 
ent occasion.  The  perusal  of  the  Prospectus  will,  he  trusts,  satisfy  jou 
that  the  object  of  this  application  can  in  no  degree  merit  the  charge 
of  selfishness,  but  must  be  founded  on  a  desire  to  promote  the  diffu-- 
sion  of  the  important  truths  of  the  Gospel,  as  professed  by  that  Apos- 
tolic Church  whose  prosperity  cannot  but  be  dear  to  the  hearts  of  its 
Ministers  and  Members.  Experience  has  placed  beyond  all  doubt  the 
utility  of  periodical  publications  devoted  to  religious  subjects,  in  diffus- 
ing and  promoting  the  knowledge  and  the  practice  of  the  truths  and 
precepts  of  Christianity.  They  maybe  highly  instrumental  in  advan- 
cing those  objects  which  must  appear  of  the  first  importance  to  every 

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JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

good  citizen,  and  every  good  man.  Without  religion,  society  is  de- 
prived of  theonlyefl'ectual  restraint  on  those  passions  that  are  hostile  to 
its  peace  and  order,  and  the  most  powerful  incentives  to  those  virtues 
which  are  the  only  sure  basis  of  its  prosperity  and  happiness.  And  with- 
out religion,  life  loses  those  hopes  which  soothe  its  numberless  cares 
and  ills,  and  brighten  with  immortal  light  the  scenes  of  virtuous  en- 
joyment. A  publication,  then,  which  is  designed  to  explain  the  truths 
of  religion,  to  enforce  its  duties,  to  unfold  its  hopes — a  publication 
whose  unvarying  aim  shall  be  to  warm  the  heart  with  the  fervors  of 
devotion,  and  to  imbue  the  soul  with  those  graces  which  will  exalt  and 
ennoble  her,  and  prepare  her  for  an  immortal  existence,  must  surely 
be  \vorthy  of  the  patronage  of  all  who  esteem  religion  the  only  source 
of  the  perfection,  the  real  dignity,  and  the  eternal  felicity  of  man. 

Impressed  ^vith  these  considerations,  the  subscriber  shrinks  not  from 
the  difficulties  and  labours,  the  cares,  and  the  responsibility  which  he 
will  have  to  encounter  as  the  Editor  of  this  miscellany.  He  is  further 
animated  by  reflecting  how  much  has  been  done  by  other  denomi- 
nations of  Christians,  through  the  instrumentality  of  similar  publica- 
tions, towards  promoting  the  general  interests  of  piety,  and  their  o^\■n 
particular  views  of  divine  truth.  In  every  good  work.  Churchmen 
certainly  ought  not  to  follow  the  example  of  others  with  tardj'  steps. 
They  boast,  and  they  have  reason  to  boast,  that  their  Church  main- 
tains a  system  of  evangelical  truth  and  order  supported  by  Scripture 
and  Apostolic  authority;  and  that  these  truths  are  set  forth  in  the  most 
rational,  commanding,  and  affecting  manner,  in  a  Liturgy  which 
would  not  have  disgraced  those  pure  ages  of  Christianity  from  which 
its  spirit  and  much  of  its  languages  have  been  drawn.  And  shall 
Churchmen  be  lukewarm  in  encouraging  any  attempt  to  illustrate 
this  holy  system  of  truth;  to  maintain  this  Apostolic  order;  to  cher- 
ish an  enlightened  and  serious  attachment  to  this  evangelical  and 
primitive  worship?  Alas!  that  there  should  be  too  much  reason  to  com- 
plain that  frequendy  those  who  have  the  most  animating  motives  to 
zeal  display  the  least  of  its  power  and  its  effects. 

But  the  Editor  of  the  Churchman's  Magazine  will  not  despond.  If 
the  work  should  not  obtain  patronage,  it  shall  at  least  aim  at  the 
praise  of  having  deserved  it,  not  indeed  by  a  display  of  erudition, 
for  which,  if  the  Editor  possessed  the  requisite  qualifications,  other 
vehicles  would  be  more  proper;  but  bv  an  assiduous,  uniform,  sim- 
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pie,  and  earnest  display  of  Evangelical  truth  and  order  as  exhibited 
in  the  Articles,  Institutions,  and  Liturgy  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.  That  where  taste  is  so  various,  the  singular  success  should  be 
attained  of  pleasing  all,  it  would  be  vain  and  presumptuous  to  hope, 
even  did  greater  talents  advance  to  the  work.  Such  variety,  however, 
shall  be  aimed  at,  as  may  secure  in  some  degree  the  approbation  of 
all,  and  prevent  censure  from  being  universal.  And  the  unequivo- 
cal assurance  is  now  given,  that  moderation  of  manner  shall  ever  be 
united  with  firmness  of  principle;  that  the  work  shall  be  pious  and 
practical;  and  that  no  acrimony  of  discussion  or  remark  shall  excite 
the  censure  of  its  readers.  The  Editor  will  endeavour  to  discharge  the 
sacred  duty  of  exposing  error  and  vindicating  truth  in  that  spirit 
and  manner,  which,  if  they  do  not  remove  prejudices,  shall  never  in- 
crease or  confirm  them,  by  rudely  wounding  the  feelings,  or  by  invad- 
ing the  rights  of  character  and  conscience. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine,  then,  shall  be  devoted  to  the  illustration 
and  defence  of  the  great  truths  of  the  Gospel ;  it  shall  endeavour  to  cher- 
ish an  enlightened  and  warm  attachment  to  the  primitive  institutions 
and  worship  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  ;  to  excite  those  who 
belong  to  this  venerable  Church  to  an  earnest  zeal  for  her  interests;  and, 
above  all,  to  "  adorn  the  doctrine  of  God  their  Saviour,"  by  that  holy 
life  and  conversation  not  less  necessary  to  the  honour  and  prosperity  of 
the  Church,  than  to  their  own  personal  dignity  and  peace.  It  is  fixed 
at  so  low  a  price,  as  to  render  it  attainable  by  all ;  and  even  its  profits 
are  to  be  turned  to  the  emolument  of  the  Church.  The  plan  has  re- 
ceived the  cordial  assurances  of  approbation  and  active  countenance 
from  those  of  the  Right  Rev.  Bishops  of  the  Church,  and  of  the  Rev. 
Clergy,  ^vhom  it  has  been  in  the  power  of  the  Editor  to  consult.  Com- 
ing forward  with  these  claims  to  your  patronage,  the  Churchman's 
Magazine  surely  will  not  solicit  in  vain.  Even  should  it  not  prove  in- 
teresting or  instructive  to  you,  you  may  perhaps  still  enjoy  the  satis- 
faction of  having  contributed  to  the  instruction  of  others,  and  to  the 
AA'elfare,  the  increase,  and  the  establishment  of  that  Church  to  whose 
interests  you  cannot  be  insensible.  The  present  patrons  of  the  work 
are  entitled  to  the  thanks  of  its  friends  for  their  past  exertions;  but  its 
continuance  and  success  must  depend  on  an  increased  patronage  and 
support;  the  pecuniary  responsibility,  which  is  very  considerable,  rest- 
ing solelyonthe  Editor.  May  he  then  expect  the  favour  not  only  of  your 
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Uzal  Ogden. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  222 ;  and  for  note  on  his  election  see 

Volume  II,  page  141. 

Pastoral  Address,  Diocese  of  Neiv  Jersey,  i8o8. 
In  the  Journal  of  the  Diocesan  Convention  which  was  held  in  St. 
Peter's  Church,  Perth  Amboy,  June  8,  1808,  this  action  was  taken  : 
"A  motion  was  made  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rudd,  and  passed,  that  a 
pastoral  address  to  the  several  congregations  of  our  communion  in 
this  state,  be  prepared,  and  presented  to  the  next  Convention  for  their 
approbation. — Ordered,  that  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Wharton  and  Croes 
of  the  clergy,  and  Col.  Ogden  and  Joshua  M.  Wallace,  Esq.  of  the 
laity,  be  a  Committee  for  this  purpose." 

Pastoral  Letter  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  i8o8. 
This  letter  was  prepared  under  the  provisions  of  the  canon  passed  in 
the  General  Convention  of  1804,  for  securing  "  an  accurate  view  of 
the  Stateof  the  Church."  At  its  session  held  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Bal- 
timore, on  Thursday,  May  19,  1808,  the  House  of  Deputies  trans- 
mitted to  the  House  of  Bishops  the  documents  required  by  the  canon, 
and  requested  it  to  prepare  a  pastoral  letter.  This  was  read  in  the 
Lower  House  on  Monday,  May  23, 1808.  It  was  from  the  pen  of  Dr. 
White,  Presiding  Bishop,  who  wrote  such  a  letter  for  each  session,  his 
lastbeing  that  for  183 5.  The  letter  for  1808  took  a  comprehensive  view 
of  the  Church  from  1783,  and  dwelt  upon  the  doctrine  and  worship  of 
the  Church.  It  also  discussed  the  right  of  any  clergyman  to  alter  words 
or  phrases  in  the  formularies  of  the  Church  which  did  not  please  him 
either  doclrinally  or  rhetorically.  It  totally  condemned  such  a  course, 
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for,  as  it  said,  "the  fault  of  wanton  irregularity  is  attached  to  it." 
It  closed  with  exhortations  to  both  clergymen  and  laymen  to  lead  godly 
and  Christian  lives. 

Motion  for  EleSiion  of  a  Bishop  for  Nezv  Jersey,  1808. 
The  motion  referred  to  by  Mr.  Rudd  was  made  at  the  meeting  of  the 
Convention,  held  in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Perth  Amboy,  on  Wednes- 
day, June  8,  1808,  and  was  as  follows: 

"On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  the  Convention  resolved,  that,  at 
its  next  annual  meeting,  the  expediency  of  electing  a  bishop  for  the 
church  in  this  state,  be  taken  into  consideration."  \_Parker' s Reprints, 
p.  336.] 

Joseph  Willard. 

For  mention  of  Joseph  Willard  see  annotation  on  Trinity  Church, 

Newark,  Volume  V,  page  10. 

Daniel  Higbee. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  346. 

St.  Andrezv's  Church,  Mt.  Holly. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  347. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Freehold. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  351. 


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JOHN  CROES 

JOHN,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Christina  Charlotte  (Reigart)  Croes,  was 
born  at  Elizabeth  Town,  New  Jersey,  June  1, 1762.  His  parents 
were  anxious  that  he  should  have  a  liberal  education,  but  were  too 
poor  to  give  him  one.  The  young  man  set  out  to  pay  his  own  way, 
but  his  studies  were  interrupted  by  the  Revolution,  in  which  he  served 
at  intervals,  as  need  required,  as  orderly  sergeant,  or  quartermaster 
in  New  Jersey  contingents,  from  1778  to  1780.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
he  followed  mercantile  pursuits  for  a  time,  and  then  returned  to  his 
studies,  making  himself  proficient  enough  to  teach.  In  1789  he  be- 
came lay  reader  in  Trinity  Church,  Swedesboro,  New  Jersey.  Upon 
Februar)'  28, 1790,  he  was  made  deacon  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  White, 
in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia.  He  then  took  charge  of  Swedes- 
boro. The  church  buildings  as  dilapidated,  the  congregation  small, 
and  the  prospect  gloomy. With  his  careful,  methodical  ways,  his  sound 
common  sense,  and  earnest  purpose  Mr.  Croes  gradually  effected  a 
great  change  for  the  better.  The  church  was  repaired,  the  congrega- 
tion increased,  and  hope  took  the  place  of  gloom.  He  was  ordained 
priest  by  Bishop  White  on  March  4,  1792,  in  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Philadelphia.  Mr.  Croes  remained  in  Swedesboro  for  twelve  years, 
sustaining  himself  and  a  large  family  upon  a  small  salary.  In  1801 
he  accepted  the  rectorship  of  Christ  Church,  New  Brunswick,  and 
the  principalship  of  the  New  Brunswick  Academy.  This  was  all  that 
then  remained  of  Queen's  College.  After  he  had  been  in  charge  a 
short  time  pupils  came  from  far  and  near.  In  1808,  when  he  resigned, 
there  were  seventy  pupils.  He  was  largely  concerned  in  the  revival 
of  Queen's  as  Rutgers  College,  which  his  work  in  the  academy 
made  possible.  In  the  diocese  his  work  was  recognized,  he  served  on 
the  standing  committee,  and  was  often  president  of  the  Convention. 
His  brethren  trusted  him  and  confided  in  him.  He  found  time  for  the 
affairs  of  the  Church  at  large  as  deputy  to  the  General  Convention, 
and  in  that  body  his  judgement  was  respected.  In  1814  he  was  pre- 
sident of  the  House  of  Deputies.  As  rector  of  Christ  Church  he  had 
the  same  task  as  in  the  school,  but  he  perseveringlv  developed  the 
latent  energies  of  the  parish.  At  the  Convention  of  the  Diocese  of  Con- 
necticut, held  in  June,  1818,  Dr.  Croes  was  chosen  Bishop.  Before 
he  had  given  his  answer,  the  Convention  of  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey 
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met  at  Trenton  on  August  15,  and  Dr.  Croes  was  elected  Bishop  of 
New  Jersey.  Declining  Connecticut,  he  accepted  the  call  of  his  native 
state.  He  was  consecrated  in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1815,  by  the  Presiding  Bishop,  Dr.  White,  assisted  by  the 
Bishop  of  New  York,  Dr.  Hobart,  and  the  Bishop  of  Maryland,  Dr. 
Kemp.  He  brought  to  his  new  cares  and  responsibilities  the  same  spirit 
of  order,  the  same  sanctified  zeal,  as  in  his  priestly  work.  The  diocese 
needed  much  attention,  as  for  thirty  years  it  had  grown  spasmodically 
without  any  Episcopal  head,  trusting  to  the  kind  ministrations  of 
neighbouring  Bishops.  Bishop  Croes  planned  a  yearly  visitation  of 
each  parish  and  station,  and  such  other  visits  as  might  be  necessary. 
In  his  intercourse  with  the  clergy  he  was  uniformly  the  father  and 
friend.  He  never  assumed  dignity,  but  knew  the  respect  to  be  paid  to 
his  office.  Fifteen  years  of  constant  exertion  made  him  old,  but  he  ac- 
complished what  he  intended,  and  the  name  of  John  Croes  will  always 
be  enrolled  high  among  the  worthies  of  the  American  Church.  For 
some  months  before  the  end  he  was  confined  to  the  house  with  a  pain- 
ful malady,  which  he  bore  with  true  Christian  fortitude.  He  departed 
this  life  at  his  home  in  New  Brunswick,  July  26, 1832,  in  the  seventy- 
first  year  of  his  age.  As  a  writer  he  published  several  charges  and 
a  sermon  before  the  General  Convention  of  1823  on  liberal  giving.  In 
1785  he  married  Patty,  a  daughter  of  Elihu  and  Hannah  (Mix)  Crane 
of  Newark.  They  had  eight  children,  five  sons  and  three  daughters. 
Two  of  his  sons,  John  and  Robert  B.,  entered  the  holy  ministry. 
Dr.  Archer  Gilford  of  Newark  says  of  the  Bishop: 
"Bishop  Croes  was  in  stature  about  six  feet,  and  of  a  portly  frame. 
His  dress  and  mien  gave  him  that  staid  and  venerable  appearance  that 
may  be  often  seen  represented  in  pictures  of  the  Addison  age,  and  well 
corresponded  with  the  sanctity  and  native  simplicity  of  his  character. 
He  always  seemed  to  have  special  regard  for  his  profession,  and  studied 
to  make  all  his  acquirements  auxiliary  and  subservient  to  it.  His  ser- 
mons ^vere  remarkable  for  presenting  truth  in  a  manner  adapted  to  the 
dift'erent  ages,  character  and  circumstances  of  his  auditors;  and  even 
when  treating  of  moral  duties,  they  were  never  deficient  in  spiritual 
unction.  While  he  gave  strong  views  of  the  vices  of  the  age,  he  never 
did  it  in  a  way  to  offend  the  taste  or  shock  the  sensibilities  of  his  hearers. 
His  style  of  writing  was  simple  and  natural,  perspicuous  and  energetic, 
with  no  approach  to  anything  florid  or  declamatory.  His  audience,  if 

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it  were  not  their  own  fault,  would  always  find  themselves  instructed 
by  his  discourses ;  and  the  effect  of  them  was  not  a  little  increased  by 
the  patriarchal  dignity  and  impressive  earnestness  with  which  they 
were  delivered. 

"I  have  most  frequently  met  with  Bishop  Croes,  and  observed  his 
character  and  deportment,  when  he  presided  at  the  Diocesan  Conven- 
tions of  our  State.  On  these  occasions  he  uniformly  exhibited  a  most 
becoming  demeanour,  always  conducting  the  business  with  great  dis- 
cretion,dignity  and  impartiality.  During  many  years'  attendance  as 
a  delegate,  I  cannot  recall  a  single  instance  of  the  semblance  of  un- 
kindness  or  unfairness  on  his  part  towards  any  individual,  or  of  the 
least  want  of  respect  on  the  part  of  any  individual  towards  him. 

"Bishop  Croes,  in  his  ecclesiastical  polity,  was  not  exactly  what  is 
now  termed  High  Church  or  Low  Church  ;  but  he  always  maintained 
the  distincti\'e  principles  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  with  firm- 
ness and  consistency,  while  yet  he  ne\'er  made  himself  offensive  to 
Christians  of  other  communions. 

"  In  all  his  intercourse,  Avhether  private  and  social  or  official,  he  was 
a  model  of  a  quiet,  considerate  and  kindly  spirit.  His  life  was  a  per- 
petual advocacy  and  enforcement  of  the  great  principles  and  precepts 
of  the  Gospel.  He  never  interfered  with  the  concerns  of  others,  though 
he  was  always  upon  the  alert  to  minister  to  their  happiness.  In  his 
family  he  was  a  strict  disciplinarian,  and  withal  a  pattern  of  economy, 
while  yet  he  was  a  loving  and  tender  father,  and  was  a  fine  example 
of  a  generous  hospitality."  [  Sprague's  Annals,  vol.  v,  p.  382.] 


[  From  John  Croes  ] 

New  Brunswick,  June  loth,  1808. 

My  dear  Sir, 

YOUR  letter  and  a  few  copies  of  the  Prospe6lus  of  the 
Churchman's  Magazine,  were  handed  to  me  by  Mr. 
Rudd.  I  have  scarcely  time  at  present  to  do  more  than  give 
you  a  list  of  the  Clergy  of  this  state;  as,  I  shall  start  on 
Monday  for  Schooley's  mountain,  and  in  the  interim  shall 

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have  more  business  to  attend  to,  than  I  can  conveniently  per- 
form. 

The  Revd  Henry  Waddell  D.D.  Redor  of  St.  Michael's 

Church,  Trenton, 
The  Rev^  Charles  H.  Wharton  D.D.  Re6lor  of  St.  Mary's 

Church,  Burlington, 
The  Rev?  John  Croes,Re61:or  of  Christ  Church,  New  Bruns- 
wick and  St.  Peter's,  Spotswood. 
The  Rev'}  Jasper  Davis  Jones,  Re6lor  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 

Perth  Amboy. 
The  Rev<?  Joseph  Willard,  Re6lor  of  Trinity  Church,  New- 
ark. 
The  Revi  John  Churchill  Rudd,  Reftor  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Elizabeth  Town. 
In  a  short  time  we  shall  also  have  the  Rev"?  Simon  Wilmer, 
as  Rector  of  Trinity  at  Swedesborough.  I  have  already  rec"? 
an  application  for  his  indu6iion.  Mr.  Higbee,  if  he  succeeds  in 
obtaining  Orders,  will  probably  be  ordained  next  week  by 
Bishop  White,  and  will  be  settled  at  the  churches  at  Mount 
Holly  and  Coles'  town. 

I  shall  do  all  in  my  power  to  extend  the  circulation  of  the 
Magazine,  tho'  little  more  can  be  done  here  and  at  Spots- 
wood. The  Sunday  succeeding  my  departure  for  theSchooley's 
mountain-springs,  I  propose  to  preach  at  Knowlton  in  Sussex- 
County,  where  perhaps  I  may  obtain  a  few  subscribers.  If  I 
should  go  myself  to  Swedesboro'  to  Mr.  Wilmer's  indu6lion, 
I  may  have  some  opportunity  of  procuring  a  few  on  that 
\^torn'2  I  shall  take  Mr.  Rudd  with  me  if  I  can  persuade  him 
to  go. 

My  health  is  much  mended  within  a  few  days  by  being  freed 
from  the  care  of  the  school,  by  exercise  and  tonicks.  My  son 

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John  has  not  yet  absolutely  determined  whether,  or  not  he 
will  relinquish  the  study  of  Theology.  His  health  is  very  in- 
different. 

I  am,  my  dear  Sir, 
with  great  regard  your  friend  &  brother 

John  Croes. 

Superscriptior: : 

The  Revd.  Dr.  Hobart,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Chiirchyian's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

John  Churchill  Rudd. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  428. 

Henry  Waddell. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  134. 

Charles  Henry  Wharton. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  120. 

Jasper  Davis  Jones. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  177. 

Joseph  Willard. 

For  mention  of  Joseph  Willard  see  annotation  on  Trinity  Church, 

Newark,  Volume  V,  page  10. 

Simon  Wilmer. 

For  notice  see  page  29. 

Daniel  Higbee. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  346. 
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William  White. 

For  notice  see  Volume  I,  page  155. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Mt.  Holly. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  347. 

St.  James's  Church,  Knowltoti. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  323. 

Sussex  County,  New  Jersey. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  321. 

Johi  Croes,Jr. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  345. 


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JOSEPH  JACKSON 

[  From  Joseph  Jackson  ] 

St.  Peter's  Glebe,  T.  C.  June  i  3,  1808 

My  dear  friend, 

IREC'D  your  favor  of  the  4th  inst.  the  very  day  after  our 
Convention  had  adjourned, namely  the  1  ith.The  Letter  to 
Dr.  Kemp  I  opened  agreeably  to  your  request,  as  he  was  ab- 
sent, &  lamented  the  more  that  both  letters  had  not  arrived 
a  few  days  sooner.  Their  contents  however  are  known  to 
the  three  whom  you  particularly  mentioned;  &  I  trust  we 
shall  none  of  us  be  indifferent  to  your  recommendations,  & 
desire.  You  certainly  hold  a  high  place  in  our  esteem ,  respe6l 
&  afFe6lion,  &  the  undertaking  you  wrote  us  to  attend  to,  is 
recommended  by  considerations  not  merely  human.  Dr  Bend 
has  not  yet  received  his  letter,  but  knowing  that  there  is  one 
for  him,  he  has  promised  me  to  do  what  he  can  to  promote 
the  circulation  of  your  Magazine.  Confer  we  could  not,  as  we 
have  not  yet  been  together,  but,  in  addition  to  the  assurance 
of  Dr.  B.  just  mentioned.  Dr.  Kemp  has  undertaken,  at  my 
request  to  write  to  Judge  Robertson.  I  think  it  very  material 
that  he  should  be  interested  in  behalf  of  the  work,  &  Dr.  K. 
has  great  influence  with  him.  Your  calculation  that  the  same 
number  of  subscribers  may  be  obtained  in  Mary'',  as  in  Con- 
nedl'.  I  fear  is  high,  tho'  it  was  certainly  proper  to  make  the 
suggestion.  There  is  by  no  means  the  same  prevalence  of 
Church  principles  in  the  one  State  as  in  the  other,  nor  would 
a  magazine  which  is  rather  intended  to  instrii6l  &  edify,  than 
to  entertain  &  amuse,  be  so  generally  read  here  as  there. 
Add  to  this  the  lazy  indifference  of  some  Clergymen  in  this 
State,  the  poverty  of  others  &  their  consequent  reludlance  to 
engage  in  anything  which  would  carry  with  it  a  risk  of  ex- 
pence;  the  habits  of  most,  which  have  not  been  favourable  to 
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this  species  of  pastoral  attention,  to  which  we  may  add,  a 
positive  aversion  &  dislike  to  pure  Church  principles  in  too 
many,  alas !  of  our  brethren  both  Clergy  &  Laity.  A  method 
you  are  well  aware  has  obtained  with  us  of  distinguishing  be- 
tween the  Church  &  the  Gospel,  &  a  most  inhuman  device  of 
separating  evangelical  men  from  Churchmen.  These  two,  it 
is  true,  may  be  separated  in  idea,  &  have  been  too  often  found 
apart  in  life  &  fa6l.  But  forbid  it,  that  this  should  remain  the 
case  in  the  state  of  Mary"? !  What  delight  have  I  had  in  hear- 
ing from  the  Bishop  &  from  our  good  Brother  Kemp,  the 
part  which  you  &  he  a6led,  in  preventing  every  danger  of  dis- 
sension when  a  door  was  opening  to  admit  it.  Let  the  Rhode 
Island  delegate  talk  &  exclaim ;  he  will  yet  I  hope  live  to  con- 
demn his  own  folly,  &  see  cause  to  applaud  what  he  now  cen- 
sures. The  part  which  you  a6led  towards  Dashiell,  in  preach- 
ing for  him  &  gaining  his  esteem  &  confidence  appears  like 
an  obligation  conferred  on  myself,  tho'  I  feel  nothing  like 
a  personal  or  partial  friendship  towards  Mr  D: — so  sensible 
am  I  of  the  good  efFe6ls  which  it  must  have  produced  on  his 
mind.  One  thing  more,  as  it  now  recurs.  Have  you  written  to 
him  or  used  any  means  to  interest  him  in  behalf  of  your  maga- 
zine.? If  you  have  not  what  would  you  think  of  doing  it.''  It 
early  occurred  to  me,  as  the  likeliest  method  to  prevent  the 
opposition-magazine,  which,  I  learn  from  our  bishop  is  in 
contemplation;  to  say  nothing  of  other  good  efFe6ls,  which 
might  result  from  it.  I  made  it  my  business  yesterday  evening 
to  intimate  the  question  to  our  Brother  Bend,  who  readily  an- 
swered that  it  might  be  useful  &  proper.  If  Mr.  D.  is  once 
interested  he  will  presently  gain  Stone,  Wilmer,  Gibson  ( in 
Virginia)  &  others.  The  complexion  of  the  magazine  itself,  I 
think  would  not  be  unlikely  to  satisfy  them ;  &  the  hope  very 
natural  to  men  when  they  have  imbibed  a  favourable  opinion 

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of  another,  that  the  work  would  be  more  &  more  conformed 
to  their  views,  may  conduce  to  make  them  friends,  rather 
than  enemies  to  the  design.  One  thing  again,  have  you  writ- 
ten to  Mr.  Judd,  upon  the  subje6l.?  Would  it  not,  think  you, 
be  expedient.''  Should  he,  a  northern  Clergyman,  appear 
indifferent,  I  fear  the  effeft  would  be  pernicious;  whereas 
were  he  induced  to  take  an  a6live  part,  it  would  be  as  much 
in  his  power  to  render  a  service  as  in  that  perhaps  of  any 
Clergyman  in  this  State,  especially  during  the  Session  of  the 
Assembly.  I  am  the  more  inclined  to  suggest  this  from  a 
circumstance  which  accidentally  arose  on  the  day  when  I  re- 
ceived your  letter. Talking  to  Mr.  Judd,  while  I  held  your  let- 
ter in  my  hand,  I  put  my  finger  upon  the  line  in  which  Skin- 
ner &  Haweis  are  mentioned  together.  He  took  the  letter  to 
look  at  that  part,  &  presently,  &  unexpe6tedly,  asked,  if  he 
might  read  it.  I  thought  it  would  be  improper  to  refuse  him: 
and  after  he  had  read  it  an  emotion  &  manner  seemed  evi- 
dently to  say,  that  it  would  have  afforded  him  especial  plea- 
sure to  have  a  similar  favor  from  the  friend  who  wrote  it.  An 
expression  or  two  which  dropped  involuntarily  from  him 
respe6i:ing  the  intimacy  between  you  &  him,  at  Conventions 
especially,  corroborated  the  impression,  &  determined  me  on 
mentioning  it.  A  word  more ;  suppose  our  good  old  Bishop  had 
the  satisfa61:ion  of  an  epistle  from  you,  designating  him  with 
especial  reliance,  as  the  patron  of  the  Churchman's  Magazine 
in  this  State,  &  requesting  him  to  exert  his  influence  with  the 
Clergy  in  his  Diocess  to  promote  its  circulation;  above  all, 
soliciting  very  earnestly  the  contributions  of  his  pen  towards 
enriching  its  pages  .f*  Should  all  this  produce  no  other  effe6l, 
than  that  of  detaching  him  from  the  future  interests  of  an- 
other printing  scheme,  this  would  be  one  of  the  first  account. 
I  know  that  his  respe6l  for  you  is  paramount,  &  that  the  most 

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pleasing  impression  remains  upon  his  mind  from  the  part  you 
a6led  in  the  late  Convention.  I  take  the  liberty  of  intimating 
this,  from  the  knowledge  I  have  of  his  temper  &  disposition, 
&  the  assiduous  attentions  which  will  undoubtedly  be  paid  him 
from  another  quarter;  to  which  add,  a  similar  circumstance 
in  his  case  to  that  in  Mr.  Judd's.  He  saw  Mr.  Judd  reading  & 
when  the  letter  was  ready  to  be  returned  to  me,  he  put  out  his 
hand,  took  hold  of  it,  &  read  it  quite  through  as  sedately  as 
though  he  had  obtained  leave  to  do  so.  I  was  chagrined  at  the 
moment,  &  refle6led  on  myself  as  though  I  had  violated  the 
delicacy  of  friendship;  but  concluded  afterwards  to  report 
to  you  the  benefits  which  might  result  from  these  accidents 
in  their  issue. 

Think  not,  dear  Sir,  that  I  suggest  these  things  with  a  view 
to  excuse  or  Exonerate  myself.  No,  I  assure  you  I  shall  with 
the  utmost  despatch  as  well  as  fidelity  do  what  my  small  op- 
portunities may  enable  me.  I  doubt  whether  it  may  be  possi- 
ble to  report  to  you  many  new  subscribers  before  the  month 
of  August;  but  when  I  hear  from  Dr.  Bend  &  Dr.  Kemp,  who 
will  converse,  as  they  travel  together  to  hold  a  Court  upon 
poor  Briscoe,  I  shall  be  better  able  to  judge. 

Nothing  remarkable  has  occurred  in  our  little  Convention. 
Those  of  us  who  were  members  of  the  association  proposed 
last  year  for  disseminating  religious  books,  met  &  agreed  upon 
Rules  such  as  are  to  regulate  the  institution.  May  God  give  his 
blessing  to  the  design. 

I  have  not  taken  time  to  declare  to  you  the  pain  I  felt  upon 
not  seeing  you,  in  the  first  place  on  this  Shore  &  the  next  at 
Bait?  I  was  in  doubt  whether  you  had  come  down  since  I  heard 
nothing  from  you.  I  will  indulge  however  the  hope  of  seeing 
you  in  Easton  &  at  my  little  rural  abode  ere  long.  In  the  mean 
time  permit  me  to  subscribe  myself  with  affedlionate  wishes, 
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&  ardent  prayers  to  Almighty  God  for  the  success  of  your 
excellent  labors,  dear  Sir,  your 

sincere  friend  & 

unworthy  brother 

Joseph  Jackson 

P.S.The  Books  ordered  were  left  to  your  choice  with  a  request 
particularly  for  answers  to  Dr.  Miller.  The  religious  trails 
( from  England )  you  may  remember,  have  been  sometime  ex- 
pe6led.  Ten  dollars  were  forwarded  by  Mr.  Hawley  in  April, 
for  books  in  general  of  which  1 2  C^.  will  be  due  to  you,  as  the 
difference  between  D.29.  &  67  6ts  your  credit.  &  29-75  my 
Debit  the  balance  consequently  in  your  hands  for  me  will  be 
D  9.  88  6ls.  Enclosed  you  have  ten  dollars  for  the  magazine, 
which  by  the  acc^  rec'd  from  the  former  publishers  will  over 
pay  the  2''  Quarter  by  4.  14-  61' 

Let  me  hear  from  you,  pray,  as  soon  as  convenient.  And 
remember  me  in  your  intercessions  for  friends  &  fellow- 
labourers  in  the  vineyard  of  Christ.  Very  affe6lionately,  dear 
Sir,  yours 

J.J. 

I  have  proposed  to  republish  the  Exhortation  to  Public  Wor- 
ship annexed  to  Clapham's  Colle6lion  of  sermons:  tell  me, 
pray,  whether  you  know  of  any  separate  Edition  of  it  to  the 
Northward. 

The  letter  to  Dr.  Bend  arrived  on  the  14th  June. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev9  D»  Hobart,  City  of  New-York. 

Pos/mitrkc't/: 
Easton,  Md. 
June  16. 

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ANNOTATIONS 

James  Kemp. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  336. 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

George  Robertson. 
For  notice  see  page  36. 

George  Dashiell. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  383. 

William  Murray  Stone. 
For  notice  see  page  26. 

Simon  Wilmer. 

For  notice  see  page  29, 

William  Lewis  Gibson. 

William  Lewis  Gibson  was  born  in  Kent  County,  Maryland.  He  was 
made  deacon  for  the  Diocese  of  Maryland  by  Bishop  White,  April  8, 
1804.  In  1806  he  was  elected  rector  of  St.  Ann's,  Annapolis.  In  the 
following  jear  he  went  to  Alexandria,  Virginia,  but  in  1811  returned 
to  Maryland  as  rector  of  St.  John's  Parish,  Prince  George  County.  In 
1812  he  was  in  charge  of  Havre  de  Grace  Parish,  Harford  County; 
in  the  following  year  he  was  in  Montgomery  County  as  incumbent  of 
St.  Peter's  Parish.  In  1814  he  was  made  rector  of  Queen  Anne's 
Parish,  Prince  George  County.  In  1819  he  was  at  All  Hallows  Par- 
ish, Anne  Arundel  County,  which  he  resigned  in  the  following  year, 
as  he  had  become  connected  with  the  Methodists.  He  was  subse- 
quently displaced  from  the  ministry.  He  died  in  1848. 

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What  Bishop  Meade  says  in  his  "Old  Families  and  Churches," 
volume  ii,  page  260,  may  here  be  inserted: 

"There  is  something  sad  in  the  history  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gibson,  but 
it  must  be  told  for  the  benefit  of  others.  He  began  well,  preached  zeal- 
ously, was  praised  and  flattered  to  his  undoing.  He  gave  offence  to 
some  by  a  rather  harsh  way  of  saying  true  things.  This  was  com- 
plained of,  and  perhaps  harsh  things  said  in  return.  These  were  com- 
municated to  him  by  a  few  of  those  false  friends  w  ho  think  to  in- 
gratiate themselves  with  their  minister  by  communicating  to  him  what 
ought  to  be  concealed.  This  exasperated  a  temper  naturally  excita- 
ble. Under  the  influence  of  this,  he  suddenly  and  unexpectedly,  from 
the  pulpit,  resigned  his  charge.  The  vestry  were  divided  as  to  the  ac- 
ceptance of  it,  but  the  majority  were  in  favour  of  it.  When  too  late 
he  apologized,  and  wished  to  retract.  Parties  were  formed,  and  the  re- 
sult was  another  congregation  under  his  auspices.  But,  as  will  be  seen 
when  I  come  to  speak  of  that  congregation,  he  did  not  continue  long 
M'ith  it,  but  returned  to  Maryland,  w  here,  after  a  short  time,  he  was 
dismissed  for  intemperance.  There  Mas  reason  to  fear  that  the  habit 
had  commenced  in  Alexandria,  under  the  too  popular  pretext  of  us- 
ing ardent  spirits  pri\ately  as  a  medicine.  He  afterward  united  with 
the  Methodist  Church  and  ministered  in  it.  Let  the  clergy  learn  from 
his  fate  to  beware  of  false  friends  who  inform  them  what  their  enemies 
say  of  them,  and  to  eschew  alcohol,  even  as  a  medicine,  unless  pre- 
scribed by  a  temperate  physician  and  as  a  mere  temporary  expedient 
imperiously  called  for." 

Bethe/  Jiidd. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  393,  and  for  notice  see  Volume  V, 

page  403. 

John  Skinner's  Primitive  Truth. 

The  tide-page  of  the  original  edition  is  :  "Primitive  Truth  and  Order 
Vindicated  from  Modern  Misrepresentation:  ^vith  a  Defence  of  Epis- 
copacy, Particularly  that  of  Scodand,  against  an  Attack  made  on  it 
by  the  late  Dr.  Campbell  of  Aberdeen  in  his  Lectures  on  Ecclesiasti- 
cal History.  And  a  Concluding  Address  to  the  Episcopalians  of  Scot- 
land. Bv  the  Right  Rev.  John  Skinner  in  Aberdeen,  Senior  Bishop 
of  the  Scotch  Episcopal  Church.  Aberdeen:  Printed  bv  J.  Chalmers 
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&  Co.,  and  sold  by  F.  &  C.  Rivington,  London;  Hanwell  and  Parker, 
Oxford;  S.  Cheyne,  Edinburgh;  and  Angus,  Brown  and  Burnett, 
Booksellers,  Aberdeen.  1803." 

The  first  American  edition  has  the  same  title-page,  but  omits  on  it, 
"A  Concluding  Address  to  the  Episcopalians  of  Scotland,"  and  has 
after  the  name  of  the  author,  ' '  The  First  American  Edition,  to  which 
is  annexed  a  Re^'iew  of  Dr.  Haw  eis'  Church  History.  New  York  : 
Printed  and  sold  by  T.  &  J.  Swords,  No.  160  Pearl  street.  1808." 

For  notice  on  John  Skinner  see  page  14. 

Thomas  Haweis. 

Thomas  Haweis  was  born  in  1734.  He  became  rector  of  Aldwinckle, 

and  afterward  chaplain  to  the  Countess  of  Huntington.  He  died  in 

1820.  His  chief  works  are: 

The  Evangelical  Expositor,  1865 

Communicant's  Spiritual  Companion 

Improvement  of  the  Church  Catechism,  1775 

History  of  the  Church  of  Christ,  1800 

Thomas  John  Claggett. 

For  notice  see  Volume  I,  page  223. 

The  Society  for  Confirmmg  and  Extending  the  Interests  of  the 
Christian  Religion  in  General,  and  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  Particular. 

The  society  in  Baltimore  to  which  Dr.  Bend  alludes  was  the  Society 
for  Confirming  and  Extending  the  Interests  of  the  Christian  Religion 
in  General,  and  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Particular.  Re- 
ferring to  this  society.  Dr.  Hawks  saj-s  on  page  370  of  volume  ii 
of  his  "Ecclesiastical  Contributions:" 

"The  most  important  conventional  business,  however,  transacted 
in  the  year  of  which  we  are  now  writing,  was  the  formation  of  '  the 
society  for  confirming  and  extending  the  interests  of  the  Christian 
religion  in  general,  and  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  par- 
ticular.' This  originated  in  the  Convention  and  appears  to  have  been 
an  enlargement  of  an  informal  association  entered  into,  by  several  of 
the  members  of  the  Church,  for  distributing  good  books,  and  other- 

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wise  confirming  and  extending  her  interests.  By  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations now  adopted  it  would  seem  that  the  republication  and  distri- 
bution of  proper  books  was  the  only  end  the  society  had  in  vie\v.  It 
was  something  more  than  a  mere  tract  society,  for  it  contemplated 
the  printing  of  books  of  some  bulk.  It  was  an  undertaking  too  great 
for  the  church  in  its  then  weak  state,  and  beyond  mere  tracts,  we 
are  not  aware  that  it  published  any  thing." 

The  officers  of  this  societ}-  elected  at  the  Convention  of  1808  were: 
president,  the  Bishop  ;  secretary,  the  Rev.  Joseph  G.  J.  Bend  ;  treas- 
urer, the  Rev.  George  Dashiell. 

William  Briscoe. 

William  Briscoe  was  a  native  of  Maryland.  He  studied  medicine,  and 
was  afterward  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Claggett,  June  9,  1805.  He 
\\as  suspended  in  the  summer  of  1808  upon  charges  affecting  his 
moral  character. 

Samuel  Miller. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  394. 

Religious  Tra^s. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  195. 

William  Hawley. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  255. 

Samuel  Clapham. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  197. 


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[  From  Elias  Bayley  Dayton  ] 

Eliz'.h  Town  zo'.^  June  1808. 

My  Dear  Sir, 

THE  business  which  I  have  with  Mr.  Smith,  formerly 
living  near  Springfield,  it  has  not  been  in  my  power 
to  accomplish,  as  he  now  lives  in  New  York  &  as  it  is  most 
advisable  that  I  should  myself  see  him  I  will  not  trouble  you 
with  it.  I  hope  to  be  in  town  within  a  few  days. 

Our  family  are  well,  also  Mrs.  Ogden's  of  which  please  to 
inform  her  if  with  you. 

Yours  most  sincerely 

E.  B.  Dayton 
Rev".  Doct".  Hobart. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev^.  Doct".  Hobart  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Mr.  Smith  of  Spnngjie/d. 

It  has  not  been  possible  to  identify  this  gentleman. 

Elizabeth  Ogden. 

Colonel  Aaron  Ogden  married  October  27,  1787,  Elizabeth,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  (Emott)  Chetwood.  She  was  born  in  1766  and 
died  September  27,  1826. 


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JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

[ From  Joseph  Gro\e  John  Bend  ] 

Baltimore,  June  22,  1808. 

Reverend  &  dear  Sir, 

A  Packet  dire6iecl  to  me  was  put  into  the  post-office  last 
.  week  by  some  person, to  whom  I  suppose  you  had  com- 
mitted it.  It  contained  two  smaller  ones,  directed  to  Dr  Kemp 
&  Mr  Jackson,  concerning  the  disposal  of  which  I  could  not 
be  at  a  loss ;  but  what  is  to  be  done  with  the  loose  papers,  con- 
tained in  the  packet,  I  know  not,  as  they  were  not  accom- 
panied by  any  letter  to  me:  at  which  I  was  the  more  surprized, 
because  you  had  informed  D'' Kemp  and  M"^  Jackson,  in  let- 
ters, which  they  received  from  you,  while  I  was  at  Easton, 
that  you  had  also  written  to  me. 

You  gave  me  some  papers  the  night  before  you  left  me,  to 
be  taken  on  by  Dr  Moore:  When  I  looked  for  them  the  next 
day,  I  could  not  find  them.  Hence  I  concluded  you  had  taken 
them  along  with  you,  &  D^M  told  me,  that  he  believed  you 
had  desired  him  half-asleep  &  half-awake,  to  tell  me  so. 

Finding,  that  you  did  not  take  with  you  the  book  containing 
the  charity  hymn,  I  have  thought  it  best  to  send  you  a  copy: 
Here  it  is. 

A  Charity  Hymn, 
Written  by  M'.  Birch ;  oot  to  muoic  by  M^.  Steveno 

Lord  ofUfe^  all  praise  excelling. 

Thou,  in  glory  unconfiri  d, 
DeigrCst  to  make  thy  humble  dwelling 

With  the  poor  of  humble  mind. 

As  thy  love,  through  all  creation. 

Beams  like  thy  diffusive  light  ; 
So  the  scorn'd  and  humble  station 

Shrinks,  before  thine  equal  sight. 

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Thus  thy  care^for  all  providing^ 

IVarnCd  thy  faithful  prophet's  tongue ; 

Who^  the  lot  of  all  deciding ^ 
To  thy  chosen  Israel  sung: 

When  thine  harvest  yields  thee  pleasure. 

Thou  the  golden  sheaf  shalt  bind. 
To  the  poor  belongs  the  treasure 

Of  the  scatter  d  ears  behind. 

Chorus. 

These  thy  God  ordains  to  bless 
The  widow  and  the  fatherless. 

When  thine  olive  plants  increasing 

Pour  their  plenty  o^er  thy  plain. 
Grateful  thou  shalt  take  the  blessing. 

But  not  search  the  bough  again  : 

Chorus. 

These  thy  God  ordains  to  bless 
The  widow  ^  the  fatherless. 

When  thy  favour  d  vintage  flowing. 

Gladdens  thy  autumnal  scene, 
Oivn  the  bounteous  hand  bestowing. 

But  thy  vines  the  poor  shall  glean : 

Chorus. 

These  bfc. 

Still  we  read  thy  word  declaring 

Mercy,  Lord,  thine  own  decree; 
Mercy  ev'ry  sorrow  sharing 

Warms  the  heart  resembling  thee. 

Still  the  orphan  and  the  stranger 

Still  the  ividoiu  owns  thy  care 
Screen  d  by  thee  in  ev'ry  danger. 

Heard  by  thee  in  ev'ry  prayer.  Hallelujah.  Amen. 

Enclosed  you  have  a  communication,  which  Mr  Dashiell  & 
myself  have  thought  proper  to  make.  I  shall  be  obliged  to 

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JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

you  to  examine  your  papers,  &  send  me,  if  you  have  it,  that 
containing  the  original  motion ;  also  to  inform  me,  how  far  our 
statement  agrees  with  your  recolle6lion  of  the  case. 

Rattoone  is  either  the  real  author  of  the  querist,  or  the  plot- 
ter behind  the  scene;  &  it  is  said  by  some,  that  D'.  Beach  has 
given,  by  others,  that  he  will  give  a  statement,  confirming  the 
charge,  which  we  deny.  Now  I  believe  neither  the  one  nor  the 
other;  but  could  he  a6\  {^toni']  should  be  very  sorry:  For,  al- 
though I  have  done  [^torti'2  D[  B,  &  shall  henceforward  hold 
him  an  utter  stranger,  I  should  lament  the  disgrace,  in  which 
such  condu6l  would  involve  him.  He  would  not  find  me  so 
passive  under  such  condu6l,asI  was  under  the  indignities, 
which  he  offered  me  here.  It  was  his  duty  to  seek  an  expla- 
nation from  me,  if  he  thought  I  had  done  wrong  to  his  un- 
happy son-in-law,  &  I  would  have  given  a  full  one,  although 
I  should  have  told  him  little,  which  he  does  not  himself  know. 
Of  this  you  may  say  to  Df  B.  as  much  or  as  little  as  you  please: 
I  care  not. 

Present  me  respe6lfully  to  M"^^  Hobart  &  other  friends.  M'^\ 
Bend  joins  with 

Your  affe6t^ 

friend  &  brother 

Joseph  G.  J.  Bend 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev"  John  H  Hobart,  D.D.,  Greenwich  Street,  New- York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

James  Kemp. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  336. 


Joseph  Jackson. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  484. 
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Richard  Charming  Moore. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  25,  1814. 

Charity  Hynni,  1808. 

In  the  revised  hymnal  of  1808  the  h}-mn  transcribed  by  Dr.  Bend  is 
numbered  55,  and  bears  the  title  "A  Charity  Hymn."  In  the  enlarged 
hymnal  of  1826  it  is  the  third  of  the  hymns  assigned  to  "Charitable 
Occasions,"  and  is  numbered  117.  It  was  omitted  in  the  revision  of 
1871.  As  the  compilers  of  the  hymnal  gave  no  indication  of  author- 
ship in  their  completed  work,  it  has  been  commonly  attributed  to 
Professor  Clement  Clarke  Moore.  An  examination  of  the  "Poems" 
of  Professor  Moore  published  in  1844  sho\vs  that  this  hymn  was 
not  among  them.  Dr.  Frederic  M.  Bird,  an  enthusiastic  hymnologist, 
calls  it  the  best  hymn  on  the  subject  ^\•hich  had  appeared  to  that  time, 
and  while  mentioning  Professor  Moore's  name,  doubts  \vhether  he 
was  the  author.  The  line  after  the  title  of  the  hymn  erased  by  Dr.  Bend 
in  his  letter  is  conclusive,  and  shows  that  the  author  was  Mr.  Birch. 
Dr.  John  Julian  in  his  standard  "Hymnology,"  edition  of  1907, says 
on  page  1580: 

"Moore,  Clement  Clarke,  LL.D.,  son  of  Bishop  Moore,  was  born 
in  New  York,  July  15,  1779,  and  educated  at  Columbia  College.  In 
1821  he  became  Professor  of  Biblical  Learning  in  the  General  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  New  York ;  subsequently  of  Hebrew  and  Greek ;  and 
then  of  Oriental  and  Greek  Literature.  He  died  at  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  July  10, 1863.  His  poems  were  pubhshed  in  1844.  One  of  his 
hymns, 'Lord  of  Life,  all  praise  excelling'  (Harvest),  is  widely  known 
both  in  its  full  form  and  abbreviated,  as  'When  the  harvest  yields 
the  pleasure.'  It  first  appeared  as  one  of  the  thirty  hj-mns  added  to 
the  American  Prayer  Book  Collection  in  1808." 

Dr.  Bend's  letter  proves  that  Dr.  Julian  was  mistaken.  A  s^ystem- 
atic  search  has  been  made  of  collections  of  earlj^  American  and  Brit- 
ish hymnology  for  the  book  in  which  it  originally  appeared,  or  that 
from  which  Dr.  Bend  copied  the  hymn,  but  without  finding  it.  The 
Charles  L.Wells  Collection  preserved  in  the  Watkinson  Library, 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  and  valuable  on 
the  subject,  and  \vas  examined  A\ith  great  care,  as  were  also  those  of 
the  Connecticut  Historical  Society,  the  Yale  University  Library,  the 
General  Theological  Seminary  Library,  and  private  collections. 
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JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

Samuel  Birch. 

Samuel  Birch  was  born  in  London,  England,  in  1757.  His  father 
was  a  pastrycook  and  confectioner,  with  a  shop  at  number  15  Corn- 
hill.  Tlie  business  had  been  established  in  1735  and  was  very  profit- 
able. The  son  was  well  educated  at  the  school  of  Mr.  Cra\\ford  at 
Newington  Butts.  He  showed  literary  ability,  and  in  his  leisure  com- 
posed dramas  and  poems.  He  was  apprenticed  to  his  father,  and  after 
his  death  carried  on  the  business.  In  1778  he  married  a  daughterof  Dr. 
John  Forsyth.  They  had  thirteen  children.  On  December  2 1 ,  1781, 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Common  Council  of  London.  From 
1789  to  1807  he  was  deputy  of  Cornhill  Ward.  In  18 1 1  he  was  made  a 
sherifFof  London,  and  on  November  9, 1814,  was  elected  Lord  Ma3-or. 
He  Mas  a  firm  supporter  of  the  administration  of  the  younger  Pitt. 
He  opposed  the  Corn  Bill  of  1815,  and  presided  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Livery  on  February  23,  1815,  where  he  made  such  a  strong  speech 
against  it  and  upheld  the  popular  phrase  of  the  period,  "Free  im- 
portation, Peace  and  Plentv,"  that  a  medal  was  struck  in  his  hon- 
our. In  1835  he  sold  his  business  to  Ring  and  Brymer,  who  in  1885 
still  carried  it  on  in  the  old  shop.  Mr.  Birch  retired  from  the  Court 
of  Aldermen  in  1840,  and  died  December  10,  1841.  He  published  a 
number  of  dramatic  and  other  works,  and  many  of  his  speeches 
between  1805  and  1807  were  collected  and  published  in  book  form. 

Richard  John  Samuel  Stevens. 

Richard  John  Samuel  Stevens  was  born  in  London,  March  27, 1757. 
For  several  years  he  was  a  choir  boy  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  under 
Richard  Savage.  When  his  voice  broke  he  studied  instrumental  music, 
and  became  an  expert  organist.  Early  in  life  he  formed  a  friendship 
with  Alderman  Birch,  which  lasted  until  his  death.  Mr.  Birch  m  as  of 
very  great  service  to  him,  and  wrote  the  words  for  many  of  the  popular 
glees  composed  by  him.  In  1782  he  Mon  the  prize  offered  by  the  Catch 
Club  with  the  glee,  "See  what  Horrid  Tempests  rise.  "In  1786  he  was 
appointed  organist  of  the  Temple  Church  in  succession  to  John  Stanley. 
Soon  after  he  composed  three  sonatas  for  the  harpsichord.  In  1796  he 
became  organist  at  the  Charterhouse.  In  1801,  through  the  influenceof 
Mr.  Birch,  he  was  appointed  professor  of  music  in  Gresham  College. 
His  collection  of  anthems  was  published  in  1802.  For  sixty  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Roval  Society  of  Musicians.  He  died  at  Peckham  after 

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a  long  illness,  September  23,  1837.  His  most  elaborate  work,  in  three 
volumes,  was  entitled: 

"Sacred  Music  dedicated  to  his  Grace,  the  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury. Consisting  of  Selections  from  the  great  English  and  Italian  Mas- 
ters, Handel,  Purcel,  Green,  Croft,  Marcello,  StefFani,  Pergolese,  &:c., 
the  whole  selected,  adapted,  arranged  for  One,  Two,  Three  and  Four 
Voices  and  the  Piano  Forte  or  Organ.  By  R.  J.  S.  Stevens,  Organist  of 
the  Charter  House  &Temple,  GreshamProfessor&c.  London,  1802." 
A  copy  is  in  the  Drexel  Collection  of  Music  in  the  New  York  Pub- 
lic Library.  Among  Mr.  Stevens's  most  famous  glees  are:  "From 
Oberon  in  Fairyland ; "  "  Sigh  no  more.  Ladies ; "  "  The  Cloud  Capt 
Towers ;"  "Crabbed  Age  and  Youth;"  "Blow,  Blow,  thou  Wintry 
Wind;"  "It  was  a  Lover  and  his  Lass." 

George  Dashiell. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  383. 

Bend  and  Dashiell  Motion  in  General  Convention,  i8o8. 
The  motion  referred  to  by  Dr.  Bend  is  not  entered  on  the  printed  jour- 
nal of  the  House  of  Deputies  for  1808. 

Elisha  Dunham  Rattoone. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  241.  There  is  nothing  on  record  to 

show  what  Dr.  Bend  meant  by  his  allusion  to  Dr.  Rattoone  and  the 

querist. 

Abraham  Beach. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  May  16,  1827. 

Mrs.  Rattoone. 

Mrs.  Elisha  Dunham  Rattoone  was  a  daughter  of  Abraham  Beach. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Grove  John  Betid. 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  married  as  his  second  wife,  in  1806,  Mrs. 

Claypole,  whose  maiden  name  was  Polk. 


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JASPER  DAVIS  JONES 

[  From  Jasper  Davis  Jones  ] 

Perth  Amboy  June  27'''  1808. 

Rev"  Sir, 

YOU  may  forward  to  me  ten  numbers  of  the  Magazine 
being  all  I  can  find  subscribers  for  at  present.  I  hope 
however  to  be  able  to  procure  you  a  number  more  between 
this  and  the  first  of  September  when  I  will  endeavor  to  remit 
you  the  money  in  full  for  all  the  subscriptions  for  the  ensuing 
year.  The  magazines  I  wish  to  have  sent  by  the  Perth  Am- 
boy Packet,  at  such  times  as  I  shall  not  have  an  opportunity 
to  send  for  them. 

In  haste. 

Yours  very  sincerely 

and  respe6lfully 

Jasper  D.  Jones. 
Rev"  D"  Hobart 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev"  John  H  Hobart  D.D. 
care  of  Mess'.*  T.  &  J.  Swords,  Printers,  No  160  Pearl  Street,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  tlie  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Thomas  and  James  Swords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 


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[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait",  June  29.  1808. 

Rev.  &  DEAR  Sir, 

I  WROTE  to  you  last  week,  enclosing  a  communication, 
which  M'  Dashiell  &  myself  had  made,  on  account  of  pub- 
lications, occasioned  by  our  famous  motion,  concerning  the 
prayers  for  the  president,  congress,  &c.  My  letter  also  cov- 
ered a  slip  of  paper  in  D'  White's  writing,  for  sending  you 
which  the  mail  did  not  allow  me  time  to  assign  my  reason.  I 
was  led  to  believe  by  D"^  Whitehead  that  he  had  not  copied  it,  & 
was  fearful,  that  the  bishops,  especially  D"^  White,  whose  deli- 
cate ideas  we  both  know, might  have  been  hurt,if  their  journal 
should  want  an  expression  of  gratitude,  which  I  do  not  require, 
but  they  might  have  thought  incumbent  on  them  to  make. 

I  expressed  my  surprise,  at  your  package,  containing  the 
prospe61;us,  being  unaccompanied  by  a  letter  for  me.  In  a  day 
or  two  however,  I  received  an  epistle  from  our  friend  Jack- 
son, enclosing  one  from  you,  dated,  June  4th. It  bears  the  post 
mark  of  that  date,  &  yet,  although  he  &  D'  Kemp  got  their 
letters,  dated  6th  June,  while  I  was  in  Easton,  mine  had  not 
arrived,  if  the  Jacobin  postmaster  is  to  be  credited,  on  the  1 3th, 
when  I  left  Easton. 

Mrs.  Bend  &  myself  feel  ourselves  highly  gratified,  in  hav- 
ing contributed  to  your  pleasure,  while  here;  &  we  have  no 
doubt,  that  whenever  we  may  make  a  visit  your  way,  we  shall 
experience  your  cordial  politeness  &  attention,  &  Mrs.  Ho- 
bart's.  I  entertain  the  hope,  that  we  shall  not  think  of  each 
other  with  less  respe6l  &  attachment,  than  at  present,  or  be 
less  disposed  to  unite  our  zealous  endeavours  for  the  good  of 
our  church. 

In  your  private  demeanour  I  saw  nothing  requiring  apology; 

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JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

&  in  your  public  chara6ler,  there  was  no  manifestation,  but 
of  sound  sense,  great  zeal,  &  that  warmth,  which  may  be  rea- 
sonably expefted  from  a  person  of  your  years.  I  do  not  think 
you  were  always  right;  but  that  may  be  the  error  of  my  judg- 
ment, especially  as  I  found  myself,  when  differing  from  you 
several  times  in  the  minority. 

Whatever  service  I  can  render  you  in  obtaining  subscrip- 
tions for  the  magazine,  I  shall  cheerfully  contribute.  I  think 
however, that  the  price  is  too  low,  &  your  allowance  to  agents 
too  high,  especially  when  you  add  to  this  the  per  centum  to 
the  conventions. 

I  do  not  know  who  wrote  that  account  of  our  meeting;  but 
I  think  it  probable,  it  was  M"".  Dorsey. 

Enclosed  are  two  hundred  &  seventy  dollars,  with  a  letter 
for  Mess?  Swords,  which  I  leave  open  for  your  information. 
Some  of  the  copies  I  propose  to  give  to  a  Society,  of  which  I  am 
a  member,  intended  to  promote  the  diftiision  of  good  books.  If 
Mess?  S.  should  have  changed  their  minds,  retain  the  money, 
till  you  hear  from  me:  If  not  pay  it,  &  take  their  receipt. 

Present  me  respe61fully  to  Mrs  H,  &  believe  me,  Rev.  & 
dear  Sir, 

Your  affe6l'^.  friend  &  brother, 

Joseph  G.  J.  Bend. 

Supencriptiov : 

The  Rev°.  John  H.  Hobart,  Greenwich  Street,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

George  Dashiell. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  383. 

Be?id  and  Dashiell  Motion  in  General  Convention,  1 808. 
For  notice  see  page  70. 

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William  White. 

For  notice  see  Volume  I,  page  155. 

Thanks  of  House  of  Bishops  to  Dr.  Be?id,  1808. 
The  paper  referred  to  in  Bishop  White's  handwriting  was  a  resolu- 
tion of  thanks  for  the  use  of  the  parlour  of  St.  Paul's  rectory  during  the 
General  Convention  of  1808  for  the  session  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

James  Whitehead. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  467. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Joseph  Jackson. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  484. 

James  Kemp. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  336. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Grove  John  Beiid. 
For  notice  see  page  70. 

William  H.  Dorsey. 

The  Dorsey  family  of  Maryland  is  extensive  and  prominent.  One 
large  branch  settled  near  Annapolis  in  Anne  Alexander  County  ;  an- 
other branch  is  found  in  Howard  and  Montgomery  Counties.  Mr. 
Dorsey  was  a  lay  deputy  from  Maryland  in  the  General  Convention 
of  1808. 

Thomas  and  James  Swords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 

The  Society  for  Confirming  and  Extending  the  Interests  of  the 
Christian  Religion  in  General,  and  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  Particular. 
For  notice  see  page  62. 

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PAUL  TRAPIER  GERVAIS 

[From  Paul  Trapier  GervaisJ 

Philadelphia  July  2"''  1808. 

Dear  Sir, 

IT  has  been  observed  by  Aristotle,  that  a  person,  who 
confers  a  benefit  upon  another,  has  greater  affe6lion  for 
the  person  obliged,  than  the  obligee  has  for  the  obligor.  Ail- 
ing upon  this  maxim  &  grateful  for  the  many  marks  of  atten- 
tion, which  you  have  evinced  towards  me,  I  have  thought 
proper  to  address  another  letter  to  you  altho'  it  will  contain 
nothing  but  a  narration  of  continuance  of  misfortune.  When  I 
had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you  at  this  place  the  anticipation 
of  a  Speedy  Restoration  to  health  afforded  me  no  small  de- 
gree of  satisfa6lion ;  But  these  unreal  visions  have  vanished, 
events  have  proved  their  fallacy.  No  Horizon  at  present  bounds 
my  prospe(5l.  Ten  days  ago  Dr  Physick  thought  it  absolutely 
necessary  to  perform  another  operation.  The  pain  during  the 
operation  &  three  days  subsequent  to  it  was  very  great.  I 
have  ever  since  been  confined  to  my  chamber  &  have  been 
forced,  notwithstanding  the  excessive  degree  of  heat  which 
prevails  to  lie  continually  upon  the  bed.  When  I  may  expe6l 
to  be  perfe6lly  well  I  can  form  no  idea  ;  Dr  Physick  declines 
giving  any  opinion.  I  shall  be  pleased  to  be  well  even  by  the 
beginning  of  06lober.  But  even  then  I  may  not. 

The  heat  yesterday  was  excessively  great. 

The  Therm omiter  stood  some  say  at  96  degrees  others  at 
97 — in  the  Sun  at  120.  It  may  seem  paradoxical.  But  It  is 
nevertheless  I  believe  truethat  it  is  hotter  here  than  in  Charles- 
ton. Captains  of  vessels  say  that  Philadelphia  is  hotter  than  the 
West  Indies.  The  reason  I  think  is  evident.  There  is  here  no 
wind  arising  from  the  sea.  At  night  here  they  do  not  stand  in 
need  of  shades!  with  us  it  impossible  to  burn  candles  without 
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them.  This  evidently  shows  how  much  more  wind  there  is  in 
Charleston  than  in  Philadelphia  during  the  summer  months. 
I  wish  you  would  make  my  compliments  to  the  rest  of  the 
clergy. 

With  Sincere  regard  &  Esteem  your 

most  Humble  &  obd'  Servant 

Paul  T.  Gervais. 

Superscription: 

Revd  J.  H.  HoBART,  DD.  New  York. 


ANNOTATION 

Philip  Syng  Physick. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  295. 


:  76  -] 


CYRUS  STEBBINS 

[  From  Cyrus  Stebbins  ] 

Scheneftady  July  5"'  I  808. 

Rev?  and  dear  sir. 

YOUR  favour  by  Mr  Empie  came  to  hand  in  due  time, and 
was  very  welcome.  It  gave  me  pleasure  to  hear  that  you 
and  yours  were  in  health  and  prosperity,  may  a  kind  provi- 
dence continue  to  bless  and  watch  over  you.  And  permit  me 
sir,  without  the  imputation  of  flattery,  to  assure  you  it  gives 
me  pleasure  to  hear  that  the  Church-man's  Magazine  has 
fallen  into  your  hands.  Rest  assured  sir, that  no  exertion  on  my 
part  shall  be  wanting  to  give  it  a  more  extensive  circulation, 
at  present,  I  can  receive  but  14  copies,  but  hope  for  an  increase 
of  subscribers  for  another  year,  as  the  work  is  universally 
liked  by  those  who  have  it.  Please  to  make  my  respe6ls  ac- 
ceptably to  Mrs.  Hobart,  in  which  Mrs  Stebbins  joins  me.  In 
the  enjoyment  of  reasonable  health  I  remain  yours 

Cyrus  Stebbins 

PS.  Be  so  good  as  to  make  my  respe6ls  to  Bp.  Moore  and  all 
who  may  inquire 

Superscription  : 

Rev?  D?  Hobart,  New  York 
The  favour  of"  'j 
Mr.  Empie      J 


ANNOTATIONS 

Adam  Empie. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  January  2,  1813. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

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Mrs.  Cyrus  Stehbins. 

No  particulars  about  this  lady  are  obtainable. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 


n  78 : 


SETH  HART 

[From  Seth  Hart] 

Hemp'i    8'''  July. 

D^  Sir, 

IN  a  line  I  address'd  to  you  on  tuesday  I  said  that  prob- 
ably my  Chair  would  be  in  N.  Y.  tomorrow  &  if  M""  Em  pie 
should  be  there  &  ready  to  come  on  to  Hemp"?  he  might  take 
a  seat  in.  M''  Hart  has  however  concluded  to  go  down  in  the 
stage  to  day.  I  shall  be  glad  to  see  M^  E.  as  soon  as  conven- 
ient for  him  to  come. 

Yours 

S.  Hart. 
Rev"  J.  H.  Hob  art 

Superscription: 

Rev"  J.  H.  Hobart  46  Greenwich  Street  N.  York. 

Endorsement: 
S.  Hart.  1808. 

ANNOTATIONS 

Adam  Empie. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  January  2,  1813. 

Ruth  Hart. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  426. 


c  79 : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Philad  July  I  5'.h  1808. 

My  D^  Sir, 

THO'  the  common  principles  of  etiquette  would  not  per- 
mit me  to  force  your  attention  to  another  address  until 
I  received  your  reply  to  my  two  former,yet  having  once  more 
passed  thr'  the  press,  I  think  it  proper  to  transmit  you  a  copy 
of  the  publication,  and  to  beg  you  to  hand  the  others  as  ad- 
dressed— I  shall  soon  publish  another  Charge,  which  I  will 
also  send  to  you. 

You  have  ?2ot  fulfilled  your  promise  with  respeft  to  the 
Churchman's  Magazine, — but  I  hope  you  will.  We  are  anx- 
iously waiting  for  the  journals — I  hope  you  will  not  forget  to 
send  me  your  review  of  my  Le6lures — I  shall  soon  publish 
a  second  edition — Tho'  in  extreme  haste,  I  am,  &  nunc  & 
semper,  aff"e6t  Yrs 

J.  A. 
(  Tur7i  over ) 
P.S.  I  send  a  dozen  which  you  may  put  into  the  hands  of 
Swords  or  any  other  bookseller.  They  ought  be  bring  37-}4 
or  50  Cents.  If  they  will  sell,  I  can  send  more,  as  I  had  some 
struck  off  for  myself  for  that  purpose.  Do  condescend  to  write 
to  me. 

J.  A. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  D.D.  New  York. 


[    80    n 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 


ANNOTATIONS 


Abercrombie' s  Sermon  on  the  Liturgy  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 
The  address  alluded  to  by  Dr.  Abercrombie  was  his  Sermon  on  the 
Liturgy  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  the  title  of  which  was: 

"A  Sermon  on  the  Liturgy  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 
Preached  before  the  Convention  held  in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia, 
June  15,  1808.  By  James  Abercrombie,  D.D.,  one  of  the  Assistant 
Ministers  of  Christ  Church  and  St.  Peter's.  Printed  by  Smith  and 
Maxwell." 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Hobart's  Reviezv  of  Abercrombie' s  Lectures. 
The  review  mentioned  by  Dr.  Abercrombie  appeared  in  "  The  Church- 
man's Magazine"  for  1808. The  first  notice  commences  on  page  21, 
and  the  second  on  page  308. 

Thomas  and  James  Szvords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 


C  81    n 


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[  From  Joseph  Prentice  ] 

Athens  July  28th.  1808. 

Rev  &  Dear  Sir, 

YOUR  letter  of  the  16'.''  Ins',  came  to  hand  last  Monday; 
accompanied  by  a  number  of  your  Circular  address  & 
proposals.  I  assure  you  Sir,  that  it  will  give  me  pleasure  to 
have  in  any  small  degree  contributed  to  the  circulation  of  the 
Churchman's  Magazine:  especially  among  the  people  of  my 
charge.  I  have  ever  been  a  subscriber  to  it  myself,  two  others 
only  have  taken  it  among  us  hitherto.  Altho  I  have  endeav- 
oured to  promote  the  reading  of  these,  yet  I  have  not  made 
any  considerable  exertions  to  introduce  more. 

I  think  however  that  under  its  present  Prospe6lus  I  shall  be 
able  to  obtain  1 8  or  24  subscribers.  Nothing  should  prevent 
my  becoming  an  agent,  but  the  full  persuasion  that  I  could  not 
then  circulate  as  many  among  my  people  as  I  could  otherwise. 

Mr.  Norman  Bookseller  in  Hudson  who  has  for  some  time 
been  an  agent  will  supply  us  with  the  numbers  we  may  want. 
You  may  rely  on  the  utmost  of  my  feble  exertion  for  the 
interest  of  the  establishment.  That  it  may  prove  salutary  to 
our  Apostolic  Church,  &  that  a  knowledge  of  its  general  use- 
fulness may  be  your  reward,  is  my  sincere  wish  and  earnest 
prayer. 

I  have  written  to  the  Bishop  with  a  view  to  be  employed  by 
the  Missionary  society  for  one  third  part  of  the  ensuing  year : 
commencing  0(?l:r.  There  are  a  number  of  destitute  Churches 
in  this  &  Delaware  Counties  which  really  seem  famishing  for 
instru6lion,  but  more  especially  for  the  ordinance  of  Baptism. 
For  two  years  past  I  have  much  the  same  as  bestowed  gra- 
tuitously, one  third  of  my  labors  upon  the  newly  organized 
Church  in  Coxacie;  &  tho  they  increase  in  number  &  seem 
C  82  2 


JOSEPH  PRENTICE 

ardantly  desirous  that  I  should  continue  to  be  with  them  one 
third  of  the  time,  still  they  have  not  hitherto,  nor  do  I  believe 
they  will  in  future  be  able  to  make  me  a  compensation  equal 
to  my  expenses  in  visiting  them. 

If  a  mission  into  these  counties  be  contemplated  should  wish 
to  be  considered  a  candidate.  Tho  should  there  be  resources 
to  support  a  missionary  in  those  parts  for  the  whole  year  I  do 
not  think  it  would  be  my  duty  to  apply.  I  believe  much  might 
be  done  for  the  growth  of  the  Church  in  these  counties  by  a 
Missionary  in  distributing  small  trails,  and  by  introducing  the 
Churchman's  Magazine  among  the  Church  families  scattered 
through  the  Country.  Should  you  be  able  to  communicate  any 
information  on  this  subjedt,  some  time  previous  to  Convention, 
you  will  highly  oblige, 

Sir, 
Your  sincere  friend  & 

Brother  in  O. 

Joseph  Prentice. 

Superscription: 

Rev.  D"'^''"  HoBART  N"  64  Greenwich  S'  N.  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman' s  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

William  E.  Norman. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  423. 

Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  ofNezv  Tork. 
The  missionary  society  to  which  Joseph  Prentice  alludes  was  the  Com- 
mittee for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  for  men- 

:  83  ] 


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tion  of  which  see  sketch  of  Robert  Griffieth  Wetmore,  Volume  II,  page 
242. 

Christ  Church,  Coxsackie. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  151. 


1 84 : 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Philad  Augt  5"'  1808. 

Rev  &  D^  Sir, 

IN  what  have  I  offended  you  that  you  will  hold  no  inter- 
course with  nie?  Let  me  know  that  I  may  make  conces- 
sion and  reparation. 

I  have  just  published  another  Charge,  of  which  I  send  you 
a  copy,  with  1  Do^"  to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  the  bookseller 
to  whom  you  gave  my  sermon  on  the  Liturgy.  Let  me  know 
who  he  is,  that  I  may  send  him  more  if  they  are  likely  to  be 
sold.  Fix  the  price  yourself. 

We  are  anxiously  waiting  for  the  Churchman's  Magazine. 
You  will  have  a  multitude  of  subscribers  in  this  city.  I  have 
taken  a  subscription  Paper  &  will  do  all  in  my  power  for  it. 
I  have  received  my  volume  of  Journals,  but  by  whom,  or  thro' 
whom,  or  from  whom  I  know  not. 

When  shall  we  have  Dr  Boden's  book  ?  I  am  in  great  hope 
he  will  put  an  end  to  the  controversy,  and  confound,  &  for 
ever  put  to  silence,  all  opposers  of  Episcopacy. 

When  leisure  and  inclination  permit  I  shall  be  glad  to  hear 
from  you. 

I  am,  with  unfeigned  esteem 

Yr  Friend  &  Brother 

Jas  Abercrombie 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev  John  H.  Hobart  D.D.  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Abercro  m  bie  's  Ch  a  rges . 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  392. 

C   85   ] 


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Abercrombie' s  Sermon  on  the  Liturgy  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 
For  notice  see  page  8 1 . 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series,  see  page  42. 

John  Bozvden's  Letters. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  468. 


C   86   H 


DONALD  FRASER 

[  Certificates  to  Donald  Fraser  ] 

Certificates. 

THIS  is  to  Certify  all  whom  it  may  concern,  that  Mr. 
"Donald  Fraser,  of  this  city,  Teacher,  and  Author  of 
"several  Publications,  has  been  known  to  me  many  years; 
"and  so  far  as  I  have  heard,  has  always  supported  an  irre- 
"proachable  and  respe6\able  charafter." 

"John  Rodgers." 

"New  York,  Aug.  13  1808. 

"I  Certify  the  hke." 

"Samuel  L.  Mitchell." 

"  Mr.  Donald  Fraser,  has  resided  many  years  in  this  city, 
"  and  has  always  sustained  the  chara(^ler  of  a  pious  and  virtu- 
"ous  man. 

"Benjamin  Moore." 

"  New  York,  Aug.  15,  1808." 

"I  have  known  Mr.  Donald  Fraser, Teacher  of  this  city,  for 
"twenty  years — And  have  ever  considered  him  as  a  worthy 
"honest  man;  and  such  I  have  always  heard  him  mentioned." 

"Robert  Lenox." 

"Given  at  New  York,  Aug.  17,  1808. 


annotations 
Donald  Fraser. 
For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  480. 

John  Rodgers. 

John  Rodgers  was  born  in  Boston,  Augusts,  1727.  His  parents  re- 
moving to  Pennsylvania,  he  attended  Chester  Academy,  studied  the- 
ology under  the  Rev.  Samuel  Blair  and  the  Re\'.  Gilbert  Tennent,  and 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  presbvtery  of  New  Castle,  October  14, 
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1747.  He  did  missionary  work  in  Somerset  County,  Maryland,  for 
a  year.  He  was  installed  as  pastor  of  St.  George's,  Maryland,  March 
16,  1749.  He  preached  also  at  Middletown.  In  1765  he  succeeded 
the  Rev.  David  Bostwick  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  York 
City.  During  the  Revolution  he  served  as  chaplain  to  General  Heath. 
Upon  his  return  to  New  York  in  1 783  he  found  his  house  and  churches 
in  ruins.  While  they  were  rebuilding  the  congregation  worshipped 
in  St.  Paul's  and  St.  George's  Chapels.  He  retired  from  active 
work  in  1809.  He  died  in  New  York  City,  May  7,  1811.  He  filled 
many  offices,  notably  those  of  trustee  of  the  College  of  New  Jersej-, 
vice-chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  and  moderator  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Samuel  Latham  Mitchell. 

Samuel  Latham  Mitchell  was  born  in  North  Hempstead,  Long  Island, 
August  20, 1764.  He  studied  medicine  under  his  maternal  uncle,  Sam- 
uel Latham,  and  Dr.  John  Bard.  He  then  went  to  Europe,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Eflinburgh  in  1786.  Upon  his  return 
he  practised  medicine,  and  studied  law  with  the  Hon.  Robert  Yates. 
As  commissioner  appointed  by  the  United  States  he  negotiated  a 
treaty  with  the  Iroquois  Nations.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Assembly 
of  the  State  of  New  York  from  1790  to  1792,  and  also  from  1797  to 
1799.  He  was  appointed  professor  of  botany  in  Columbia  College  in 
1792,  and  of  natural  history,  chemistry,  and  agriculture  from  1792 
to  1801.  He  was  a  Democratic  representative  in  Congress  from  1801 
to  1804.  He  succeeded  General  John  Armstrong  in  the  United  States 
Senate  in  1804,  and  sat  until  1809.  From  1808  to  1820  he  was  pro- 
fessor of  natural  history,  and  of  materia  medica  and  botany  from  1820 
to  1826,  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  ;  vice-president  of 
the  medical  department  of  Rutgers  College,  New  Brunswick,  New 
Jersey,  from  1826  to  1830.  These  are  only  a  few  of  the  duties  placed 
upon  him.  He  was  among  the  first  to  approve  and  carr}^  every  effort 
for  the  improvement  of  the  city  or  state  to  a  successful  conclusion. 
He  was  a  strong  advocate  for  the  Erie  Canal,  and  brought  from  Lake 
Erie  on  the  first  canal-boat  that  came  through,  a  barrel  of  water  that  he 
poured  into  the  Atlantic  during  the  great  canal  celebration  in  New 
York  in  1825. 
Dr.  Mitchell  died  in  New  York  City,  September  17,  1831. 
I   88   ] 


DONALD  ERASER 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

Robert  Lenox. 

Robert  Lenox  was  a  well-known  merchant,  and  the  father  of  James, 

the  founder  of  the  Lenox  Library. 


C   «9   : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  John  Croes  ] 

N.  Brunswick,  Aug.  I  6,  I  808. 

Dear  Sir, 

ON  Monday  next,  I  purpose  to  set  off  for  Swedesboro' 
to  indu6l  M'  Wilnier,  and  as  the  opportunity  will  be  a 
good  one  to  convey  the  Journals  of  the  Gen.  Con.  to  the  lower 
Churches,  I  beg  of  you  to  send  me  our  portion,  if  ready,  by  one 
of  the  B.  sloops. 

It  will  be  decided  to-day  whether  I  go  to  Middletown  or  stay 
here.  I  hope,  if  I  stay,  to  give  more  encouragement  to  the 
Magazine.  The  last  number  contains  valuable  matter,  and  is 
certainly  preferable  to  the  former  ones. 
With  much  respe6l, 

I  am,  Dear  Sir, 

affe6lionately  your 

brother 

John  Croes. 

Superscription : 

The  Rev"  D"  Hobart,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Simon  JVilmer. 

For  notice  see  page  29. 

Trhiity  Church,  Swedesboro,  Nezv  Jersey. 

Swedesboro  is  the  principal  settlement  in  Woolwich  Township, 
Gloucester  Count}^  New  Jersey.  It  is  at  the  head  of  ship  navigation 
on  Raccoon  Creek,  twelve  miles  from  its  entrance  into  the  Delaware 
River.  It  was  first  settled  by  the  Swedes  in  1683.  It  was  known  for 
many  years  by  the  name  of  ' '  Raccoon  "  or  "  Raccoon  Creek . "  In  1 702 
a  Church  was  organized  by  Lars  Tollstadius,  a  Swedish  Lutheran 
missionary,  and  in  the  following  year  it  was  endowed  w ith  one  hun- 

C  90  J 


JOHN  CROES 

dred  acres  of  land,  twenty  of  them  in  Swedesboro,  purchased  by  the 
wardens  of  the  parisli,  ^\'oolla  Dalbo,  William  Cobb,  Woolla  Peter- 
son, and  Frederick  Hopman,  from  John  Hugg,  for  twelve  pounds 
current  silver  money.  A  small  log  church  was  built  in  1704,  The  min- 
ister was  drowned  in  the  Delaware  River,  May  9,  1706.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Jonas  Auren,  \\  ho  had  been  in  America  for  ten  years.  He 
^\■as  a  man  of  very  deep  religious  convictions ;  although  he  had  adopted 
Sabbatarian  views  and  kept  Saturday  holy,  he  was  careful  and  de- 
\out  in  his  maintenance  of  the  Sunday  ser\ices,  and  never  obtruded 
his  own  views.  After  his  death,  February  17,  1713,  the  Rev.  Abra- 
ham Lidenius  became  pastor.  In  1714,  during  his  incumbency,  per- 
mission was  given  by  the  Bishop  of  Skara,  Sweden,  to  build  at  Penn's 
Neck  and  unite  the  congregations  under  one  minister.  A  church  of 
logs,  twenty-four  feet  square,  was  commenced  in  1715,  upon  land 
given  by  Jean  Jaquett,  and  completed  in  1717.  Mr.  Lidenius  served 
with  great  zeal  until  his  return  to  Sweden  in  1724.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  noted  for  his  agreeable  manner  and  unwearied  industry.  Samuel 
Hesselius  officiated  for  a  year.  In  1726  the  Swedish  Synod  sent  Petrus 
Tranberg  and  Andreas  Windruf\a  to  the  Churches  at  Raccoon  and 
Penn'sNeck.UponthedeathofMr.  Windrufvainl728,  St.  George's, 
Penn's  Neck,  w  as  again  united  with  Trinity  Church,  Raccoon.  Mr. 
Tranberg  remained  in  charge  until  1740,  when  he  was  stationed  at 
Christiana,  Delaware.  No  minister  was  sent  from  Sweden  for  eight 
years.  In  the  meantime  services  of  the  Church  of  England  were  main- 
tained monthly  at  St.  George's.  In  1748  John  Sandin,  a  man  of  supe- 
rior attainments,  was  placed  in  charge.  He  died  within  six  months. 
Peter  Kalm,  jjrofessor  of  economics  in  the  University  of  Abo,  an  au- 
thority on  botanv,  and  a  pupil  and  friend  of  Linnaeus,  came  to  Raccoon 
in  the  course  of  his  tra\  els  through  the  colonies,  and  officiated  there 
for  some  months.  He  married  the  w  idow  of  Mr.  Sandin  in  February, 
1750.  He  gave  his  name  to  the  American  mountain  laurel,  which  is 
known  botanicall v as  Kalm'ui latifolia.  In  1751  Eric  Unander was  made 
pastor.  He  remained  until  1 756,  when  he  was  transferred  to  Christiana, 
Delaw^are.  John  Abraham  Lidenius,  the  son  of  a  former  minister,  born 
in  Raccoon,  served  with  acceptance  for  six  years.  In  1762  John  Wick- 
sell  was  sent  to  the  mission.  By  his  exertion  a  royal  charter  was  ob- 
tained in  1765,  incorporating  "  Trinity  Swedish  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church."  The  parish  was  to  be  served  either  by  a  S^\•edish  Lutheran 

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clergyman  recommended  by  one  of  the  Swedish  Synods,  or  a  clergyman 
approved  by  the  Venerable  Society.  The  utmost  harmony  had  from  the 
first  existed  bet\\een  the  Swedish  and  English  Churchmen,  both  clergy 
and  laymen.  Upon  the  departure  of  Mr.  Wicksell,  in  1774,  for  an 
important  charge  in  Sweden,  Nicholas  Collin,  "minister  extraordi- 
nary," succeeded.  He  was  a  man  of  great  force,  positive  in  manner, 
able,  and  industrious.  He  was  a  linguist  of  remarkable  attainments, 
knowing  well  twelve  or  fourteen  languages.  In  July,  1786,  after  his 
experience  in  the  smaller  field,  he  was  given  the  important  parish  of 
Wicaco,  better  known  as  Gloria  Dei,  Southwark,  Philadelphia.  Here 
he  served  for  forty-five  years,  loving  and  beloved.  He  died  in  October, 
1831,  in  the  eighty-seventh  year  of  his  age. 
Trinity  Church  passed  into  the  hands  of  Churchmen,  without  de- 
mur or  formality,  when  Mr.  Collin  went  to  Wicaco.  The  first  min- 
ister was  John  Wade,  who  appears  to  have  been  born  and  ordained  in 
England.  A  new  church  of  brick  had  been  commenced  by  Mr.  Collin 
in  1784.  Its  dimensions  were  fort}'-one  by  sixty-one  feet.  Mr.  Wade 
resigned  in  1789,  and  the  vestry  called  John  Croes  of  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  who  was  a  candidate  for  holy  orders.  He  officiated  first  in  No- 
vember, 1789,  and  January  24,  1790,  received  the  following  formal 
call,  as  given  on  page  59  of  Norton's  "Life  of  Bishop  Croes :  " 

Whereas  it  hath  pleased  Almighty  God  that  our  late  rector,  Dr.  Collin, 
should  remove  from  us,  since  which  time  we  have  sadly  experienced 
the  evils  arising  to  the  church  from  the  want  of  a  regularly  established 
minister,  and  as  Mr.  John  Croes,  a  candidate  for  holy  orders  in  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  this  State,  has  been  recommended  to 
us,  with  whom  we  are  well  satisfied,  and  of  whose  abilities  we  have 
the  highest  opinion  — 

Therefore,  we  the  vestry  of  the  Swedish  Church  at  Swedesborough, 
in  Gloucester  County,  State  of  New  Jersey,  do  agree  to  give  him  an 
invitation  to  reside  among  us  as  our  future  minister,  and  as  a  compen- 
sation for  his  services  to  enable  him  to  live  comfortably,  we  further 
agree  to  allow  him — 

I.  One  hundred  and  twenty-five  pounds  specie  per  annum,  to  be 
paid  him  quarterly,  the  first  quarter  to  commence  on  the  21st  of  April 
next  ensuing  the  date. 

II.  The  use  of  the  Parsonage  House  with  all  its  privileges. 

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III.  The  use  of  the  wood  land  belonging  to  the  Church. 

IV.  The  benefits  of  the  meadow  commonly  called  the  Minister's 
Meadow. 

V.  This  invitation  to  be  considered  null  and  ^■oid  if  he  does  not  obtain 
ordination. 

In  testimony  w  hereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this  24th  day 
of  January,  1790. 

Isaac  Vannemar  MoiniSE  Keen 

Peter  Lock  George  Vanleer 

William  Homan  William  Matson 

Andrew  Hendrickson  David  Hendrixon 

Charles  Lock  Peter  Lock 

Gideon  Denny. 

Upon  his  ordination  as  deacon  by  Bishop  White  in  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Philadelphia,  February  28, 1790,  Mr.  Croes  accepted  the  rectorship, 
and  spent  twelve  years  of  unremitting  toil  in  building  up  a  strong 
parish.  His  first  task  was  the  completion  and  finishing  of  the  church, 
which  was  successfully  accomplished.  Dr.  John  N.  Norton,  in  his 
"Life  of  Bishop  Croes,"  says  on  page  63  : 

"The  little  parish  at  Swedesborough  was  found  in  a  most  depressed 
condition,  and  even  the  things  which  remained  seemed  ready  to  per- 
ish. Mr.  Croes  was  precisely  such  a  man  as  was  needed  for  restoring 
its  decaying  life.  The  Church  has  always  possessed  some  Clergymen 
of  glowing  zeal  and  indomitable  energies,  who  have  gone  forth  as 
champions  of  the  faith,  carrying  on  an  aggressive  warfare  against 
all  that  opposed  the  truth,  and,  triumphing  by  the  help  of  God,  ha\  e 
been  crowned  with  immortal  honors. 

"And  then,  again,  she  can  point  to  those  of  quiet,  gentle  spirit,  but 
with  sound  principles  and  most  determined  purpose,  ^\■ho  have  been 
contented  to  act  a  less  conspicuous  but  most  important  part,  of  build- 
ing up  the  decayed  places  of  Zion,  and  of  \\inning  multitudes  to  her 
standard  by  the  voice  of  love.  Mr.  Croes  belonged  to  the  latter  class. 

"The  Church  requires  both  sorts  of  agents.  Indeed,  she  could  not 
possibly  spare  either  of  them  ;  ^\'hen  both  are  so  necessary  for  the  work, 
it  is  useless  to  inquire  which  renders  the  most  essential  service. 

"The  task  which  Mr.  Croes  undertook  at  Swedesborough  was  a 
most  peculiar  one.  It  was  not  merely  required  of  him  to  build  up  an 

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old,  decayed  jiarish,  but  also  to  mould  the  minds  of  those  who  had 
been  members  of  another  Christian  body,  according  to  the  teachings 
of  our  branch  of  tlie  Church  of  God.  Old  prejudices  must  be  over- 
come;  national  peculiarities  (when  innocent)  must  be  allowed  free  scope ; 
the  laws  and  usages  of  a  system  which  \\as  new  to  them  must  be 
gradually  and  prudently  enforced  ;  no  one  ^\•ho  has  not  overcome  such 
difficulties  as  these  can  possibly  appreciate  the  extreme  delicacy  of  the 
undertaking. 

"When  Mr.  Croes  took  charge  of  the  Swedes'  church,  all  its  con- 
cerns, temporal  and  spiritual,  were  in  an  unprosperous  state.  The  place 
of  worship  was  unfinished,  and  the  number  of  those  who  attended  ser- 
vice was  very  small.  The  young  clergyman  (he  was  then  but  twenty- 
eight)  directed  his  immediate  attention  to  the  completion  of  the  church 
building,  and  soon  made  it  one  of  the  neatest  and  most  convenient  in 
the  whole  diocese." 

Mr.  Croes  resigned  in  1801  to  accept  the  rectorship  of  Christ  Church, 
New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey.  A  sketch  of  him  will  be  found  on  page 
49.  Henry  John  Feltus  A^as  his  successor,  and  spent  six  years  in 
strengthening  the  parish  and  carrjing  on  the  work  commenced  by 
his  predecessor.  In  1808  he  resigned  to  become  rector  of  St.  Ann's 
Church,  Brooklyn,  New  York.  A  sketch  of  Mr.  Feltus  will  precede 
his  letter  of  September  29,  1809.  The  long  and  faithful  rectorship 
of  Simon  Wilmer  followed.  He  resigned  in  1820.  A  notice  of  Mr. 
Wilmer  will  be  found  on  page  29.  Among  his  successors  have  been 
Jacob  M.  Douglas,  Norman  Nash,  J.  Lorring  Woazt,  who  was  after- 
ward missionary  at  Tallahassee,  Florida,  and  was  lost,  with  his  wife, 
on  the  Pulaski ;  John  Woazt,  George  Washington  Freeman,  after- 
ward missionary  Bishop  of  the  Southwest;  Joseph  M.  Brown,  M'ho 
died  in  office  of  yellow  fever ;  Edward  B.  Boggs,  W.J.  Zimmer,  Henry 
Tullidge,  Charles  W.  Duane,  George  W.  Watson,  Jesse  Y.  Burk, 
George  C.  Sutton,  Reginald  Heber  WoodA\"ard,  and  Charles  Albert 
Behringer.  The  rector  in  Julv,  1912,  was  Edgar  Campbell.  As  given 
in  the  American  Church  Almanac  for  1912,  there  were  one  hundred 
and  fourteen  communicants. 

Christ  Church  [now  Holy  Trinity  ),Middletown,  Conne&icut. 
The  city  of  Middletown  is  situated  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Connecti- 
cut River,  thirty-one  miles  from  its  mouth,  fifteen  miles  south  of  Hart- 

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ford,  and  twenty-four  miles  northeast  of  New  Haven.  In  1650  the 
domain  of  Sow  heag,  a  powerful  Indian  sachem,  whose  castle  was  on 
the  eminence  still  known  as  Indian  Hill,  was  examined  with  a  view  to 
settlement.  As  the  rejiort  was  fa\ourable,  fifteen  families,  principally 
from  Hartford  and  Wethersfield,  commenced  a  plantation.  They  were 
joined  later  by  emigrants  from  England,  and  from  Rowley,  Chelmsford , 
andWoburn  in  Massachusetts.  Among  the  early  settlers  were  Samuel 
Stow,  the  first  minister,  John  Hall,  Thomas  Wetmore,  Giles  Hamlin, 
Nathaniel  Collins,  David  Sage,  Nathaniel  Bacon,  Thomas  Ranny, 
and  Thomas  Hubbard.  The  only  religious  organization  in  the  town 
for  a  hundred  years  was  the  Congregational  Church,  gathered  by 
Samuel  Stow  and  served  by  a  succession  of  able  ministers. 

When  James  Wetmore  conformed  to  the  Church  of  England  in 
1722,  was  ordained  in  the  foIlo\\ing  year,  and  became  rector  of  Rye, 
he  made  at  least  annual  visits  to  his  native  town.  In  a  letter  written 
to  the  Venerable  Society  on  October  3,  1745,  he  says: 

"I  was  three  weeks  ago  at  Middletown,  in  Connecticut,  the  place 
of  my  nati\ity,  M'hich  I  have  been  used  to  visit  annually  while  my 
father  lived  there,  and  have  not  only  frequently  preached  among  them 
and  baptized  many  children  and  some  adults,  but  taken  pains  in 
conversation  with  mj-  relations  and  acquaintances  to  give  them  just 
notions  of  religion  and  beget  in  them  a  liking  to  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, and  I  am  rejoiced  to  see  very  hopeful  prospect  of  a  good  church 
gathering  in  that  place,  chiefl}'  promoted  by  some  brethren  of  mine." 
[Bo/to>i\s  Church  in  Westchester^  p.  276.] 

There  is  no  other  record  of  Mr.  Wetmore's  work  at  Middletown. 
These  services  Mere  held  in  a  large  red  two-story  house  on  the  north 
side  of  Washington  Street,  the  home  of  Mr.  Wetmore's  brother 
Ichabod.  The  house  stood  until  after  1832.  The  site  is  now  known 
as  Wetmore  Place.  The  first  general  gathering  of  those  who  were 
favourable  to  the  Church  is  noted  in  a  letter  of  Ebenezer  Punderson, 
missionary  at  North  Groton,  written  June  18, 1739: 

"Upon  the  earnest  desire  of  a  considerable  number,  I  have  made  a 
journev  to  Middletown,  about  forty  miles  from  my  home,  and  preached 
to  a  sober  bodv  of  people,  near  one  hundred,  two  of  which  ha\  e  since 
come  and  joined  themselves  to  our  commimion. "  ^Hcnvks  and  Perry, 
Connecticut  Church  Documents,  vol.  i,  /;.  169.] 

In  September,  1748,  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson  mentioned  Middletown  and 
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Wallingford  as  joining  "in  order  to  be  another  mission  in  due  time," 
commended  Ichabod  Camp,  a  native  of  Durham,  "bred  at  our  col- 
lege," who  was  then  reading  the  service  and  sermons  in  those  towns, 
and  also  stated, ' '  thev  are  going  forward  with  their  Church  at  Middle- 
town. '  '  The  chief  promoters  of  the  Church  in  that  town  were  Jeremiah 
Wetmore,  a  brother,  with  Captain  Caleb  Wetmore  and  Jeremiah  Wet- 
more,  nephe\\s  of  James  Wetmore  ;  Richard  Alsop,  Philip  Mortimer, 
Joseph  Wright,  John  Thompson,  and  John  Stocker.  The  attempts 
made  by  Churchmen  to  obtain  from  the  town  an  a\ailable  plot  upon 
which  to  erect  a  church  were  unsuccessful.  Finally  they  were  granted 
permission  to  procure  sufficient  ground  at  the  southern  end  of  the  main 
street,  which  was  marshy  and  lying  in  the  highway,  "between  Tap- 
pan's  Corner  so  called,  John  Foster's  Corner,  and  the  house  of  Ephraim 
Doane."  Through  the  enterprise  of  the  wardens,  Philip  Mortimer  and 
Caleb  Wetmore,  the  land  was  purchased,  drained,  and  the  foundationsof 
achurch  were  laid,  which  was  to  be  fifty  feet  in  length  by  thirty-six  feet 
in  breadth .  It  was  ' '  raised, ' '  to  use  the  expression  of  the  time,  in  the  fall 
of  1750.  It  is  said  that  when  the  work  was  done  a  shout  went  up  that 
could  be  heard  for  miles.  The  completion  of  the  church  was  delayed  by 
many  causes.  It  \i"as  finished  in  1755.  It  stood  a  little  north  of  the  head 
of  the  present  Union  Street,  with  a  porch  and  tower  to  the  west  and  chan- 
cel atthe  east  end.  On  Palm  Sunday,  April  8, 1750,  Richard  Mansfield 
of  Derby  officiated  in  MiddIeto\\n.  He  baptized  Jeremiah  Leaming, 
father  of  Dr.  Jeremiah  Leaming,  and  seven  children.  Mr.  Camp  con- 
tinued as  lay  reader  until  the  winter  of  1751-52,  when  he  was  given 
permission  to  "  go  home ' '  for  holy  orders.  He  was  made  deacon  and  or- 
dained priest  early  in  1752  by  the  Bishop  of  London.  He  was  licensed 
to  officiate  in  the  Plantations,  March  26,  1752.  He  sailed  for  America, 
and  officiated  for  the  first  time  in  Christ  Church,  July  19,  1752.  As 
the  Venerable  Society  felt  unable  to  make  anv  appropriation  for  Wal- 
lingford and  Middletown,  Mr.  Camp  struggled  on  ^ith  great  and  in- 
creasing success,  upon  the  small  salary  received  from  the  parishes.  At 
Wallingford  measures  nere  taken  to  build  a  church,  and  at  Middle- 
town  the  Church  was  daily  growing  in  membership  and  influence.  Mr. 
Camp  also  had  gone  regularly  to  North  Guilford,  fourteen  miles  sotith 
of  Middletown,  and  took  the  oversight  of  the  few  Church  people  in 
Middletown  Upper  Houses,  now  Cromwell,  and  Durham.  In  1759  the 
Society  granted  him  a  small  stipend.  He  officiated  for  the  last  time  in 

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JOHN  CROES 

Middletown,  June  8, 1760,  having  been  induced  to  remove  to  the  South 
by  the  larger  salaries  oft'ered  there.  Dr.  Johnson,  in  w  riting  to  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury,  Thomas  Seeker,  in  July,  1760,  laments  the  de- 
parture of  Mr.  Camp  as  "a  great  detriment  to  the  Churches  atMid- 
dletown  and  Wallingford."  It  was  partly  owing  to  his  necessities  and 
partly  by  the  persuasion  of  Governor  Dobbs  that  he  a\  ent  to  North  Caro- 
lina. Mr.  Camp  did  not  remain  long  in  that  province,  for  in  1761  he 
was  the  incumbent  of  Cornwall  Parish,  Lunenburg  County,  Virginia, 
where  he  remained  onl)-  a  year.  He  then  removed  to  Amherst  County. 
He  lived  on  the  glebe,  near  New  Glasgow.  In  1777  he  went  to  the  Illi- 
nois country  with  his  family  and  settled  at  Kaskaskia,  where  he  died 
April  20,  1786.  He  Mas  a  man  of  very  excellent  character,  and  faith- 
ful in  all  his  labours.  On  June  19,  1760,  the  vacant  parish  determined 
to  continue  the  services,  and  appointed  Captain  Caleb  Wetmore  to  read 
prayers,  and  William  Johnson,  William  Starr,  and  Daniel  Johonnot 
by  turns  to  read  a  sermon  forenoon  and  afternoon. 

In  the  fall  of  1761  Abraham  Jarvis  of  Norwalk,  a  graduate  of  Yale 
College  in  that  year,  became  lay  reader.  He  was  a  young  man  of  studi- 
ous habits,  sincere  and  earnest.  Under  his  administration  there  was 
a  rapid  growth,  and  he  gained  the  affection  of  the  people.  He  studied 
theology  with  diligence  under  the  care  of  Dr.  Chandler  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Elizabeth  Town,  New  Jersey,  m  hile  living  in  that  town  for  a 
few  months  to  be  inoculated  for  the  small-pox.  On  his  return  he  con- 
tinued his  course  under  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  and  in  the  spring  of  1763 
"went  home"  for  holy  orders,  accompanied  by  his  dear  friend  Bela 
Hubbard  and  William  Walter  of  Boston.  He  was  made  deacon  bj-  Dr. 
Frederick  Keppel,  Bishop  of  Exeter,  in  the  Royal  Chapel  of  St.  James, 
Westminster,  Sunday,  February  5,  1764,  in  company  with  Mr.  Hub- 
bard and  Mr.  Walter.  They  Mere  ordained  priests  by  Dr.  Charles 
Lyttleton,  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  Sunday,  Februar}'  19, 1764,  in  the  parish 
church  of  Westminster.  Mr.  Jarvis  returned  to  America  in  April,  and 
reached  Middletown  early  in  the  summer.  On  August  1,  1764,  he 
was  informed  by  a  committee  of  the  vestry  that  it  had  been  agreed  to 
raise  seventy  pounds  sterling  for  his  support  exclusive  of  the  twenty 
pounds  which  had  been  the  previous  grant  of  the  Venerable  Society 
to  Mr.  Camp.  This  he  accepted,  although  no  grant  was  made  by  the 
Society,  and  commenced  a  ministry  which  Mas  marked  by  great  force 
and  thoroughness.  A  memorandum  by  him  shows  that  at  one  time 

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he  had  under  his  care  in  Middletown  and  surrounding  towns  three 
hundred  and  sixt3-five  souls,  with  one  hundred  communicants.  He 
was  faithful  in  visiting  every  part  of  his  field,  even  after  the  outbreak 
of  the  Revolution  rendered  it  unsafe  for  any  who  still  remained  loyal 
to  Great  Britain  to  travel.  He  was  highly  esteemed  by  his  brethren, 
and  acted  as  secretary  of  the  voluntary  conventions  held  by  them. 
It  was  in  that  capacity  that  he  drew  up  the  papers  relating  to  the 
choice  of  a  Bishop  for  Connecticut  at  Woodbury  in  1783  and  the 
addresses  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  York.  He  was  the 
first  to  welcome  Dr.  Seabury  on  his  return  as  a  Bishop,  and  it  was 
in  Christ  Church,  Middletown,  that  the  Convention  met  to  recognize 
Bishop  Seabury,  Tuesday,  August  2,  1785,  under  the  presidency 
of  Dr.  Leaming,  with  Mr.  Jarvis  as  secretary.  In  Christ  Church, 
Wednesday,  August  3,  Bishop  Seabury  also  held  the  first  ordination 
in  the  American  Church,  when  Colin  Ferguson,  Henry  Van  Dyke, 
Philo  Shelton,  and  Ashbel  Baldwin  were  made  deacons.  In  June, 
1796,  Mr.  Jarvis  was  elected  as  successor  to  Bishop  Seabury,  but  de- 
clined. On  June  7,  1797,  he  was  again  elected,  and  was  consecrated 
in  Trinity  Church,  New  Haven,  October  18,  1797,  by  Dr.  White, 
Presiding  Bishop,  assisted  by  Bishop  Provoost  of  New  York  and 
Bishop  Bass  of  Massachusetts.  He  remained  in  his  parish  until  1799. 
He  died  at  New  Haven,  May  13, 1813,  in  the  seventy-fourth  year  of  his 
age.  He  is  one  worthy  to  be  remembered  as  priest,  doctor,  and  Bishop. 
In  August,  1799,  Calvin  White,  a  native  of  Middletown  Upper 
Houses,  became  rector.  He  had  many  gifts  and  seemed  acceptable,  but 
left  abruptly  in  July,  1 800,  without  informing  an_v  member  of  the  vestry 
or  parish.  A  notice  of  Mr.  White  will  be  found  in  Volume  III,  page  3 13. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Joseph  Warren,  who  seems  to  have  been  treated 
with  indifference  by  some  of  the  people,  as  his  letter  of  resignation  in- 
timates. Some  particulars  concerning  Mr.  Warren  are  given  in  Vol- 
ume II,  page  329.  In  September,  1803,  Clement  Merriam,  who  had 
been  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Jarvis,  April  14, 1801 ,  became  rector.  In 
addition  to  the  work  at  Middletown  he  A\'as  put  in  charge  of  the  con- 
gregation at  Durham,  which  afterward  became  a  parish.  He  was  or- 
dained priest  by  Bishop  Jarvis,  June  6,  1805.  He  resigned  October  1, 
1806.  During  the  vacancy  Lemuel  Burge,  who  was  afterward  rector 
of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Wickford,  acted  as  lay  reader  from  December, 
1806,  to  June,  1807.  It  was  during  this  period  that  several  unsuccess- 
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fill  attempts  were  made  to  obtain  a  rector.  In  March,  1809,  Dr.  John 
Kewley  accepted  the  rectorship.  He  filled  a  large  place  in  the  parish  and 
diocese  for  four  years,  and  all  regretted  his  departure  in  1813  to  become 
rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York  City.  His  return  to  Europe 
as  an  avo^\ed  Roman  Catholic  in  1816  and  disappearance  there  from 
the  public  gaze  is  a  romantic  and  mysterious  incident  in  our  Church 
history.  He  \A'as  succeeded  by  Birdsey  Glover  Noble,  who  was  made 
deacon  by  Bishop  Jarvis,  June  2, 1812,  and  ordained  priest  by  Bishop 
Griswold,  May5,  1815.  His  rectorship  was  a  timeof  development  and 
prosperity.  He  held  important  offices  in  the  diocese.  A  sketch  of  him 
will  precede  his  letter  of  March  18,  1812.  Upon  his  resignation  in 
September,  1 828,  he  \\as  succeeded  in  Januar_y,  1829,  bv  Smith  Pyne, 
afterw  ard  rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphan}-,  Washington,  who 
only  sta3'ed  till  August,  1830.  George  Jones  was  elected  rector  in 
Marcli,  1831,  but  remained  only  six  months,  and  Mr.  Pyne  was  re- 
called. Under  the  impetus  given  by  him  a  fund  for  a  new  church  was 
commenced.  It  was  built  in  1834  on  the  corner  of  Court  and  Broad 
Streets.  It  was  of  stone  in  the  prevailing  Grecian  style.  In  No\'em- 
ber,  1836,  Mr.  Pyne  was  succeeded  by  Dr.  Samuel  Farmar  Jarvis.  To 
the  A\  ork  of  the  parish  this  great  scholar  devoted  six  years  of  unceas- 
ing effort  and  accomplishment.  For  two  years,  from  May,  1840,  to 
April,  1842,  he  had  as  his  assistant  John  Williams,  afterward  Bishop 
of  Connecticut  and  Presiding  Bishop.  A  sketch  of  Dr.  Jarvis  will  pre- 
cede his  letter  of  June  15,  1813.  A  notice  of  Bishop  Williams  will  be 
found  in  Volume  II,  page  429.  On  Dr.  Jarvis's  retirement,  Mr.  Wil- 
liams was  asked  to  accept  the  rectorship,  but  declined.  After  the  brief 
rectorships  of  Edwin  Wiltbank,  Henry  Betts  Sherman,  and  Horace 
Hills,  Dr.  Frederick  J.Goodwin  was  elected  rector  in  August,  1845. 
His  administration  saw  many  changes,  among  them  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Berkeley  Divinity  School,  the  incorporation  of  Christ 
Church,  South  Farms,  the  preparation  for  building  a  new  church, 
and  the  change  of  the  corporate  name  from  Christ  Church  to  Church 
of  the  Holy  Trinity.  He  superintended  the  negotiations  for  a  new  site 
and  approved  the  contracts,  but  died,  belo\'ed  and  mourned,  February 
29,  1872,  before  the  church  \\  as  completed.  The  new  church  on  Main 
Street  was  consecrated  bv  Bishop  Williams,  November  4,  1874.  It  is 
a  fine  specimen  of  middle  decorated  Gothic.  Dr.  Goodwin's  successors 
to  1892  were  Walter  Mitchell,  Samuel  D.  McConnell,  A.  Douglas 

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Miller,  and  James  Lewis  Parks.  Among  the  assistants  in  this  period 
was  William  Ford  Nichols,  now  Bishop  of  California.  In  March, 
1892,  Ed  ward  Campion  Acheson,  an  assistant  at  St.  George's  Church, 
New  York,  and  a  graduate  of  Trinity  College,  Toronto,  Canada,  be- 
came the  rector.  Under  him  there  has  been  built  a  new  parish  house 
and  rectory,  All  Saints'  Chapel  and  guild  room  at  Staddle  Hill,  St. 
Andrew's  guild  room,  and  money  secured  for  St.  Andrew's  Chapel, 
Pameacha.  In  March,  1912,  he  celebrated  the  twentieth  anniversary 
of  his  rectorship,  and  was  in  office  in  Jul_v  of  the  same  year.  As  given 
in  the  American  Church  Almanac  for  1912,  there  are  eight  hundred 
and  ninety  communicants. 


C  loo  '2 


BELA  HUBBARD 

[From  Bela  Hubbard] 

New  Haven  August  20'''  1808. 

Rev:  &  Dear  Sir. 

I  THANK  you  for  your  introdu6tion  of  D^  Kewley  to  me 
who  is  a  good  man,  and  I  wish  in  return  to  introduce  to 
your  acquaintance  the  bearer  Mr.  Jacocks  one  of  the  Vestry 
of  my  Church  &  a  respe6lable  merch'  in  this  town  who  in  his 
place  has  &  is  taking  a  very  zealous  &  warm  interest  in  con- 
tributing what  in  him  lies  an  aiding  hand  to  those  who  are 
reviving  primitive  truth  &  order  in  these  distra61:ed  times,  a 
subscriber  to  our  magazines  to  your' s  and  all  other  works  for 
the  promotion  of  y"  Interests  of  our  Church  which  is  the  cause 
of  Truth.  I  wish  from  time  to  time  as  he  is  often  in  your  city 
you  will  be  so  good  as  to  communicate  what  may  be  proper 
through  him  to  me. 

Have  you  seen  Mr.  Merricks  Psalms,  are  they  worth  pur- 
chasing. Have  you  the  names  of  those  40  tunes  in  general 
use  in  James  Chh  Westminster,  in  short,  I  wish  through  Mr. 
Jacocks  to  have  from  you  whatever  you  may  think  proper  to 
communicate.  D'  Bowden's  letters  to  D'.  Miller  will  do  good 
as  far  as  they  are  read,  the  difficulty  is  to  persuade  people  to 
read.  Your  magazines  are  read  with  high  approbation.  Cannot 
you  meet  our  Conne6\icut  Convocation  at  Norwalk  the  last 
day  of  this  month. 

I  am  dear  Sir  very  respe6lfully  &  sincerely 
Yours 
Rev".  Dr.  Hobart.  Bela  Hubbard 

Superscription : 

Rev".  D«.  Hobart  New  York. 
Favoured  by  M'.  Jacocks 

New  Haven 

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ANNOTATIONS 

John  Kewley. 

See  sketch  Avhich  precedes  his  letter  of  October  8,  1812. 

John  H.  Jiicocks. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  December  22, 1808. 

James  Merrick. 

James,  the  second  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Lybloe)  Merrick,  was 
born  at  Reading,  England,  January  8,  ITis-  He  was  educated  at  Read- 
ing School,  in  which  he  was  head  boy.  He  matriculated  at  Oxford 
in  1737,  proceeded  to  his  bachelor's  degree  in  1739,  and  received 
his  master's  degree  in  1742.  He  w  as  made  a  fellow  in  1745.  He  offi- 
ciated occasionally  after  his  ordination.  Among  his  pupils  at  Oxford 
were  Lord  North  and  Lord  Dartmouth.  He  lived  at  Reading,  where 
he  died  January  5,  1769.  His  most  noted  work  is  "Annotations  on 
the  Gospel  of  St.  John,"  verses  1  to  14.  The  first  part  appeared  in 
1764,  and  the  second  in  1767.  The  title-page  of  the  volume  referred 
to  by  Dr.  Hubbard  is:  "The  Psalms  Translated  or  Paraphrased  in 
English  Verse.  By  James  Merrick,  M.A.  Late  Fellow  of  Trinity 
College,  Oxford.  The  Second  Edition.  Reading:  Printed  and  sold  by 
J.  Caman  &  Co.  Sold  also  by  Mr.  Newbery  in  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard, and  by  Mr.  Dodsley  in  Pall  Mall,  London,  and  by  Mr.  Fletcher 
and  Mr.  Prince  in  Oxford,  mdcclxvi." 

John  Bozcden  's  Letters. 

For  notice  see  \'^olume  V,  page  468. 

Samuel  Miller. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  394.   . 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 


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JAMES  KEMP 

[  From  James  Kemp  ] 

My  Dear  Sir, 

THE  first  no.  of  the  Magazine,  new  Series,  has  reached 
me.  I  want  five  more  in  addition  to  the  ten  already  sent, 
which  you  will  please  to  forward  immediately.  Whenever 
I  have  got  all  the  subscribers  that  I  expe6l  to  get,  a  list  of 
the  names  and  also  the  money  shall  be  sent.  Will  you  run  the 
hazard  of  the  money  by  Post,  or  can  you  point  out  any  way 
less  hazardous.-* 

My  dear  Sir  the  partial  hand  of  a  friend  is  too  evident  in  your 
introdu(^lion  of  my  Letters.  Some  of  the  partial  friends  of  Miller 
acknowledge  that  there  is  now  nothing  in  the  way  of  proof, 
&  they  say  they  will  give  my  letters  an  unbiased  examina- 
tion. The  Magazine  is  exceedingly  well  received  in  general, 
but  we  have  very  few  readers  of  any  thing  of  the  kind. 

That  God  may  continue  your  health  &  support  you  in  your 
assiduous  labors  in  our  Redeemers  cause  is  the  most  ardent 
prayer  of  Dear  Sir  your  sincere  friend  &  Brother, 

Jas.  Kemp. 

Sept.  8.   1808. 

P.S.  Since  this  letter  was  prepared  &  indeed  sealed  I  have  re- 
ceived from  the  agent  in  Somerset  County  Twelve  Subscrib- 
ers obtained  by  the  agent  there,  with  a  request  that  they  may 
come  thro'  my  hands.  You  will  therefore  send,  without  delay, 
1 7  more  nos.  of  the  Magazine  addressed  to  me,  and  all  the 
money  shall  be  transmitted  thro'  any  channel  that  you  will 
please  to  mention. 

J.  Kemp. 

Supfncription : 

The  Rev".  Dr.  Hobart.  New  York. 

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ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Kemp's  Episcopacy  Vindicated. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  469. 


C  lo-t  D 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Philad»  Sept'  24"'  1808. 

Rev:  &  Dear  Sir, 

MY  most  grateful  acknowledgements  aredue.and  hereby 
offered,  to  you  for  your  favourable  Review  of  my  Lec- 
tures. 'Tis  a  great  comfort  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  a  friend  on 
such  occasions,  and  tho'  there  is  a  little  castigation  in  it,  yet 
it  is  a  very  just  and  a  very  wholesome  castigation,  and  at  the 
same  time  as  gentle  as  it  could  be  to  constitute  a  Review.  The 
Reviewer  "who  spareth  the  rod,  spoileth"  the  author.  I  per- 
fe6lly  approve  of  all  your  criticisms,  and  having  made  a  list 
of  them  shall  accomodate  the  a'^edl]  thereto,  a  2'*  ed"  has  for 
some  time  been  called  for,  but  I  have  been  waiting  for  such 
friendly  hints  as  you  have  now  given  me.  I  trust  you  will  like 
the  2'^  Ed"  better  than  the  i:;!.  They  have  certainly  met  with 
a  much  better  reception  than  I  ever  expefted;  and  if  they 
are  in  any  degree  useful  to  the  rising  generation,  they  will 
ultimately  prove  a  blessing  to  me. 

I  am  instructed,  entertained,  and  greatly  edified  by  D'  Bow- 
den's  book.  It  is  I  think  unanswerable;  and  yet,  I  doubt  not, 
the  incorrigible  pertinacity  of  Calvinism  will  induce  either  Ma- 
son or  Miller,  or  more  probably  both  of  them,  to  attempt  a 
refutation.  They  will  doubtless  think  that  "in  great  attempts 
't  is  glorious  e'en  to  fail," and  fail  they  assuredly  will  in  the  es- 
timation of  all  impartial  readers  who  shall  be  competentjudges 
of  the  subje6l  —  but  I  am  sure  they  will  give  us  "more  last 
words  of  Richard  Baxter."  I  am  very  anxious  to  see  the  new 
hymns,  &  hope  as  soon  as  they  are  published  you  will  send 
me  a  copy. 

We  are  all  wild  here  with  the  spirit  of  elec^lioncering.  I  think 

'tis  highly  probable  that  the  federalists  will  carry  their  can- 

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didate  M"^  Ross — each  side  however  seems  equally  confident 
of  success.  If  Snyder  should  be  our  governour,  we  shall  sink 
to  the  lowest  possible  degree  of  political  degradation. 

We  have  just  printed  &  I  have  the  impression  now  in  bundles 
in  my  study,  an  address  to  the  people  of  the  United  States, 
signed  a  Christian,  cautioning  them  against  chusing  another 
Infidel  President  in  M'.  Madison's  place  ( for  such  he  is, )  I  trust 
it  will  have  a  powerful  effe6l:  but  for  sufficient  reasons  it 
must  not  be  put  into  circulation  here  till  our  eleftion  for 
Governour  is  over,  which  will  be  on  the  15^^  of  next  month. 
I  will  venture  to  send  you  one,  and  beg  you  to  hand  one  to 
M"^  C.  C.  Moore,  the  Bishop's  son — Do  tell  me  what  the  let- 
ters C.  C.  stand  for,  that  I  may  know  how  to  address  a  letter 
to  him.  He  has  been  very  politely  attentive  to  me.  I  wish  you 
would  endeavour  to  prevail  upon  him  to  sign  his  name  intel- 
ligibly. A  copy  of  this  address  will  be  sent  to  the  correspond- 
ing committee  in  each  State,  that  it  may  be  republished  thro' 
the  continent,  before  the  ele6lion  of  Ele6lors.  That  you  may 
not  expire  in  a  paroxism  of  Curiosity,  I  will  whisper  in  your 
ear,  but  remember  tis  a  whisper.  Our  friend  &  brother  D' 
Wharton  of  Burlington  is  the  author.  Give  me  your  opinion 
of  it.  Do  you  intend  never  to  write  to  me  again.-*  What  have 
I  done  to  induce  such  a  determination?  When  will  you  visit 
Philad^?  I  want  much  to  talk  to  you  about  a  subje6l  of  great 
importance  to  two  Epis.  Congregations,  to  which  you  may 
perhaps  be  able  to  render  essential  service,  &  prevent  them 
from  falling  into  the  clutches  of  Baptists,  Methodists,  Pres- 
byterians, &  other  Se6laries. 

Adieu, 

J.  A. 


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JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

I  had  almost  forgot  to  tell  you  that  among  otlier  honours  con- 
ferred upon  me  I  have  just  had  that  of  Grandfather! ! !  My 
daughter  is  well  &  so  is  her  Son. 

Superscripti'j/i : 

The  Rev.  John  H.  HobartD.D. 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church.  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Abercrombie' s  Le&ures  on  the  Catechistn. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  426,  where  an  extract  from  Hobart's 

re\ie\v  is  gi\en. 

John  Boivden's  Letters. 

For  notice  see  Volume  \^,  page  468. 

John  Mitchell  Mason. 

Under  the  heading  of  "The  Christian's  Magazine,"  on  page  230  of 
^^o!ume  V,  some  particulars  relating  to  John  Mitchell  Mason  are  given. 
In  addition  it  may  be  stated  that  he  \\  as  born  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
March  19, 1770.  His  father  was  thewell-known  and  eloquent  Dr.  John 
Mason  of  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church.  The  son  was  carefully  edu- 
cated under  the  direction  of  his  father,  who  rejoiced  in  the  intellectual 
brilliancy  he  show  ed  at  an  early  age.  He  graduated  from  Columbia 
College  in  1789.  He  commenced  the  study  of  theology  under  the  direc- 
tion of  his  father,  and  in  1791  went  to  lulinburgh,  w  here,  under  the 
celebrated  professors  of  the  uni\ersitv,  notai)l\-  Dr.  HuiUer  and  Dr. 
Erskine,  he  had  partly  completed  his  course,  when  in  1792  he  was 
called  home  by  the  death  of  his  father.  He  \\  as  licensed  to  preach  in 
November,  1792,  and  in  April,  1793,  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the 
Church  in  which  he  had  been  brought  up. 

He  at  once  gained  the  approbation  of  the  people,  and  attracted  many 
others  to  the  Church  by  his  sermons  and  expositions  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures.  His  earliest  effort  for  the  improvement  of  the  ministry  of 
the  body  to  which  he  belonged  was  the  establishment  of  a  theologi- 

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cal  seminary.  It  opened  its  doors  in  1804,  and  he  was  its  first  pro- 
fessor. It  educated  many  ministers  for  the  Associate  Reformed  Church, 
for  several  years  under  Dr.  Mason's  charge.  He  visited  Europe  again 
to  obtain  for  it  a  suitable  library.  Those  who  heard  him  preach  and 
plead  for  the  seminary  agreed  in  the  opinion  that  his  genius  and 
eloquence  made  him  one  of  the  greatest  preachers  of  the  age.  In 
1795  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  Columbia  College,  and  took  an  active 
part  in  its  affairs.  It  -was  in  this  capacity  that  he  first  came  in  con- 
tact with  the  young  John  Henry  Hobart.  At  the  time  Dr.  King  wrote 
his  note,  the  two  leading  men  in  the  room  were  Dr.  Mason  and 
Dr.  Hobart.  Dr.  McVickar  says  in  his  "Professional  Years,"  on 
page  244 : 

"Among  the  other  early  marks  of  public  confidence  reposed  in  Mr. 
Hobart's  talents  and  judgment,  is  to  be  mentioned  his  election  into 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Columbia  College;  this  took  place  in  1801, 
within  a  year  after  his  establishment  in  the  cit_y. 

"The  internal  condition  of  this  Board,  in  being  nearly  equally  bal- 
anced between  Episcopal  and  opposing  members,  made  it,  from  the 
first,  a  scene  of  much  animated  contest,  the  interest  of  Mhich  was 
greatly  increased  by  the  talents  and  standing  of  the  gentlemen  who 
composed  it,  they  being  among  the  ablest  and  most  influential  men, 
not  only  of  the  city,  but  of  the  State  and  Union.  Among  them,  at 
the  time  of  Mr.  Hobart's  entrance  into  it,  were  Alexander  Hamilton, 
Brockholst  Livingston,  Richard  Harrison,  Morgan  Lewis,  Dr.  Bard, 
and  Dr.  Mason;  and  to  these  were  successively  added,  as  vacancies 
occurred,  Rufus  King,  GouAerneur  Morris,  Egbert  Benson,  Colonel 
Fish,  De  Witt  Clinton,  Oliver  Wolcott,  and  Robert  Troup:  the  au- 
thor confining  himself  to  names  now  past. 

"The  claims  of  Episcopalians  to  influence  in  the  Board  arose  from 
the  endowment  of  the  college  being  from  them,  while  those  of  their 
opponents  were  founded  on  the  common  interest,  and  therefore  the 
common  rights  of  all  denominations,  in  a  college  chartered  for  the 
benefit  of  the  city. 

"At  the  head  of  the  opposition  to  the  Church,  which  was  strong, 
both  in  numbers  and  in  weight  of  talent,  stood  the  Rev.  Dr.  Mason, 
of  the  Associate  Reformed  Church  of  Scotland,  a  man  well  calculated 
to  wield  influence  in  either  a  popular  or  an  intellectual  assembly.  Power- 
ful with  his  pen,  he  was  still  more  powerful  in  speech,  for  a  command- 
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JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

ing  figure  and  a  stentorian  voice,  such  as  he  possessed,  are  never 
without  their  influence  in  debate ;  while,  at  the  same  time,  his  truly 
great  powers,  both  of  argument  and  sarcasm,  seemed  to  justify  in 
him  that  disdainful  self-confidence  of  tone  and  manner  with  which 
he  was  apt  to  put  to  silence  opponents  of  whom  he  stood  not  in  awe, 
and  among  the  Episcopalians,  at  that  dme  in  theBoard,  whatever  may 
have  been  their  ability,  there  certainly  was  not  one  individual  who  felt 
M  illing,  or  perhaps  called  upon,  to  meet  him  in  debate;  so  that  he  may 
be  said  to  have  ruled  alone. 

Under  these  circumstances,  the  introduction  among  the  Trustees 
of  a  young  Episcopal  clergyman,  a  youth  in  years,  and  a  stripling  in 
personal  appearance,  without  name,  connections,  or  experience,  was 
very  far  from  being  thought,  even  by  those  who  introduced  him,  to 
furnish  Churchmen  with  a  fit  match  for  a  leader  so  redoubted  as  Dr. 
Mason,  or  to  arouse  in  that  leader  any  fear  of  losing  the  ascendancy 
he  had  so  long  enjoyed.  Such,  too,  was  the  popular  opinion  without; 
but  wiser  men  from  the  first  saw  deeper,  as  may  appear  from  the  fol- 
lowing anecdote,  which  is  related  from  personal  recollection. 

"On  a  subsequent  vacancy  occurring  in  the  Board,  the  name  of 
Thomas  Y.  How  was  brought  forward  by  Churchmen  out  of  doors, 
and  his  election  urged  upon  by  Episcopal  members  as  a  necessary 
counterbalance  to  the  powers  of  Dr.  Mason.  Among  others  solicited 
for  their  vote  on  this  occasion  were  the  late  Judge  Livingston,  who, 
although  not  of  the  Church,  was  yet  in  general  feeling  with  it;  his 
reply  was  in  these  words  — '  Sir,  the  Church  needs  no  abler  representa- 
tive than  the  young  man  she  has  already  given  us.  Mr.  Hobart,  if  not 
now,  will  soon  be,  believe  me,  more  than  a  match  for  Dr.  Mason.  Sir, 
he  has  all  the  talents  of  a  leader ;  he  is  the  most  parliamentary  speaker 
I  ever  met  with;  he  is  equally  prompt,  logical,  and  practical.  I  never 
yet  saw  that  man  thro\vn  off  his  centre.'  On  some  reply  being  made 
to  this,  his  answer  was  still  more  emphatic — '  Sir,  you  underrate  that 
young  man's  talents,  nature  has  fitted  him  for  a  leader :  had  he  stud- 
ied law  he  would  have  been  upon  the  bench ;  in  the  army  a  major- 
general  at  the  least;  and,  in  the  state,  nothing  under  prime  minister.' 
These  words,  taken  at  the  time  from  the  lips  of  the  individual  to  a\  horn 
they  were  addressed,  \\'ere  then  regarded  as  an  exaggerated  eulogium, 
but  deserve  now  to  be  recorded  as  e\'idence,  not  only  of  Mr.  Hobart's 
talents,  but  also  of  nice  tact  in  the  judgment  of  character,  a  faculty  in 
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which  Judge  Livingston  was  surpassed  by  few.  Nor  was  this  judg- 
ment (if,  without  arrogance,  the  author  ma}-  add  his  own)  far  wrong, 
for  it  required  but  litde  observation  of  Hfe  to  recognize  the  same  ele- 
ments of  power  in  ruling  talent,  however  diversely  directed.  Sagacity 
of  foresight,  rapuUtij  of  mo\ement,  concentration  of  effort,  and  persex^er- 
r/z/rd- of  purpose,  these  are  in  the  moral  world  what  the  four  elements 
used  to  be  esteemed  in  the  material. 

'  That  in  ^  UJTERNION  run 
Perpetual  circle,  multiform  ;  and  mix 
And  nourish  all  things' 

Or  to  use  the  language  of  an  older  philosophy,  (if  without  impropri- 
ety it  may  be  applied  to  man,)  these  constitute  when  united,  those  first 
sources  of  motion,  {to  klvovv  oLKi-vrjcrTov,  'the  first  mover,  himself 
unmoved,')  that  each,  in  his  own  litde  sphere,  sets  in  motion  the 
world  around  him.  But,  whatever  may  be  thought  of  the  philosophy, 
it  is  unquestionably  the  fact,  that  by  the  combination  of  these  qualities 
is  made  alike  the  general  and  statesman — the  Ruler  under  every 
form;  whether  by  sea  or  land,  these  make  the  successful  commander, 
though  in  each  we  find  them  united  in  different  degrees,  with  some 
one  element  preponderating.  Thus,  the  secret  of  Nelson's  victories 
lay,  peculiarly,  in  concentration  of  effort ;  of  Napoleon's,  in  rapidity  of 
movement ;  of  Wellington's,  in  sagacity  of  foresight ;  and  of  Wash- 
ington's, in  perseverance  of  purpose. 

"Now  in  all  these  four  elements  of  power  Mr.  Hobart  was  remark- 
able." 

The  establishment  of  "  The  Christian '  s  Magazine  "has  been  already 
noted.  In  1810  Dr.  Mason  resigned  his  charge  and  gathered  a  new 
congregation,  for  which  a  church  was  built  on  Murray  Street,  and 
dedicated  in  1812.  In  1811  circumstances  made  it  expedient  to  cre- 
ate a  new  office  in  Columbia  College,  that  of  provost,  to  which  Dr. 
Mason  was  elected.  It  is  said  that  for  fi\'e  days  in  the  week  he  gave 
the  time  between  twelve  and  half-past  one  to  instruction  at  the  college, 
and  to  his  theological  students  that  between  two  and  half-past  three, 
in  addition  to  his  round  of  pastoral  work,  public  duties,  and  various 
engagements.  In  1816  he  travelled  in  Europe  for  a  year  for  the  recov- 
ery of  his  health,  and  returned  in  the  fall  of  1817.  He  preached  to  an 
immense  congregation  on  November  2,  even  more  poA\erfully  than 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

ever.  It  was  hoped  that  he  liad  been  permanentl}-  benefited.  He  con- 
tinued his  work  for  two  years,  when  he  was  aft'ected  with  a  sliglit 
paralytic  stroke  upon  a  Sunday  in  February,  1820.  He  commenced 
the  service,  but  A\as  unable  to  recollect  or  deliver  the  discourse  he  had 
prepared.  Althougli  he  continued  to  preach  then,  weW  enough,  he  knew 
that  his  work  \\as  ending.  His  congregation  endea\oured  to  find  a  suit- 
able assistant,  but  without  success.  He  finally  resigned  October  25, 
1821.  In  the  hope  that  change  of  air  would  be  of  benefit,  he  accepted 
the  presidency  of  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Pennsyhania,  to  which 
he  had  been  elected  some  time  before.  Even  the  congenial  work  of  the 
professor's  chair  and  administration  of  a  college  \\as  too  much  for  his 
enfeebled  frame  and  failing  mind.  He  resigned  to  the  board  of  trustees 
in  October,  1824,  and  returned  to  New  York,  intending  to  give  up  all 
work. 

While  his  bodilv  health  was  comparatively  excellent,  his  mind  failed. 
Often  he  would  \\ ander  from  home  ^^•ithout  kno^ving  \\here  he  w as 
going.  It  is  said  that  frequently  he  sought  the  home  of  his  friend, 
Colonel  Joseph  W^arren  Scott,  at  New  BrunsA\  ick.  New  Jersey,  where 
he  discoursed  upon  theology  with  all  his  old  power  and  brilliance. 

He  died  December  26,  1819,  in  the  sixtieth  year  of  his  age.  Dr. 
Mason  married  May,  the  only  daughter  and  child  of  Abraham  Lef- 
ferts  of  New  York  City,  May  13,  1793.  They  had  a  family  of  five 
sons  and  two  daughters.  His  elder  daughter  married  Dr.  John  Knox 
of  New  York  Citj-,  and  his  younger.  Dr.  Jacob  Van  Vechten  of  Sche- 
nectady. Two  of  his  sons,  Ebenezer  and  Erskine,  entered  the  Pres- 
b\terian  ministry. 

His  old  pupil.  Dr.  Robert  McCarter  of  Newburgh,  says  of  him  in  the 
course  of  a  long  analysis  of  his  character  and  career  in  "  Sprague's 
Annals,"  volume  iv,  page  11  : 

"  Some  preachers  are  great  only  on  great  occasions.  They  need  some 
rousing  question  or  some  rare  event  to  excite  or  to  concentrate  their 
energies.  What  Dr.  Mason  could  do  under  excitements  of  this  sort, 
his  Orations  on  the  death  of  Washington  and  of  Hamilton,  and 
his  Sermon  entided  'Messiah's  Throne,'  sufficiently  discover ;  but  I 
think  that  he  deli\ered  discourses  not  less  masterly  and  eloquent 
than  the  \ery  best  of  his  published  ones,  in  the  ordinary  course  of  his 
ministry." 

Among  the  publications  of  Dr.  Mason  are: 

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A  Sermon  preached  in  the  citj^  of  New  York  on  a  day  set  apart  for 
Fasting,  Humiliation,  and  Prayer,  on  account  of  a  malignant  and 
mortal  fever  prevailing  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  1793 

Mercv  remembered  in  wrath  ;  a  National  Thanksgiving  Sermon,  1795 

The  Address  of  the  New  York  Missionary  Society,  1796 

Letters  on  Frequent  Communion,  addressed  particularly  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Associate  Reformed  Church  in  North  America,  1798 

The  Warning  Voice  to  Christians  on  the  ensuing  election  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  1800 

Living  Faith  :  A  Sermon  preached  before  the  Society  for  the  Relief  of 
the  Destitute  Sick  in  Edinburgh,  1801 

Messiah's  Throne:  A  Sermon  before  the  London  Missionary  Society, 
1802 

An  Oration  commemorative  of  the  late  Major-General  Alexander  Ham- 
ilton, pronounced  before  the  New  York  State  Society  of  Cincinnati, 
1804 

Report  relative  to  the  course  of  Instruction  and  Discipline  in  Columbia 
College,  1810 

A  Sermon  preached  in  Murray  Street  Church  on  occasion  of  resigning 
the  charge  of  his  congregation,  1821 

Samuel  Miller. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  394. 

James  Ross. 

Mr.  Ross  was  born  in  York  County,  Pennsylvania,  July  12,  1762. 
He  attended  the  school  of  Dr.  John  McMillan  at  Chartier,  known  as 
"the  log  Cabin,"  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  Upon  complet- 
ing his  course  in  1782,  he  became  tutor  in  Latin  in  the  school.  He 
studied  law,  and  opened  an  office  in  western  Pennsylvania  at  Wash- 
ington. He  soon  acquired  a  wide  reputation,  and  in  1789  was  elected 
as  a  member  of  the  State  Constitutional  Convention.  The  seat  of 
Albert  Gallatin  in  the  United  States  Senate  was  declared  vacant  and 
his  election  void,  February  28,  1795,  and  in  April  of  that  year  Mr. 
Ross  was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy.  He  was  instrumental  in  the  same 
year  in  stopping  the  violence  of  those  engaged  in  the  whiskey  in- 
surrection by  a  speech  he  made  to  the  excited  insurgents  at  Wash- 
ington, then  his  home.  He  was  appointed  by  President  Washington 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

as  the  head  of  the  commission  to  treat  with  the  leaders  in  that  affair, 
and  l3_v  liis  \\  ise  counsel  was  able  to  satisfy  them  and  put  an  end  to 
the  hostilities.  In  1797  he  was  elected  again  to  the  Senate,  and  served 
until  March  3, 1803.  Mr.  Ross  was  the  Federal  candidate  for  governor 
of  Pennsylvania  in  1799,  but  was  defeated  by  Thomas  McKean.  He 
was  also  nominated  on  the  expiration  of  Governor  McKean's  term, 
but  not  elected.  He  was  once  more  the  Federal  candidate  in  1808,  but 
was  defeated  by  Simon  Snyder.  He  then  withdrew  from  political  life, 
devoting  himself  entirely  to  a  lucrative  practice  of  law.  He  was  the 
leading  lawyer  of  western  Pennsylvania  for  many  years.  From  1795 
he  made  his  home  in  Pittsburgh.  He  was  the  agent  of  George  Wash- 
ington for  his  extensive  land-holdings  in  Pennsylvania.  He  is  repre- 
sented as  scrupulously  honest,  and  a  defender  of  what  he  conceived 
to  be  the  right,  regardless  of  consequences.  His  appearance  as  the 
counsel  of  a  company  of  slaves  who  sought  refuge  in  Pennsylvania 
lost  him  many  friends.  While  his  associates  became  Whigs  upon  the 
dissolution  of  the  Federal  party.  Senator  Ross  remained  firmly  fixed 
in  the  principles  he  had  adopted  as  a  young  man.  He  died  at  Alle- 
ghany City,  Pennsylvania,  November  27,  1847,  in  the  eighty-sixth 
year  of  his  age. 

Simon  Snyder. 

Simon,  a  son  of  Anthony  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Knippenberg)  Snyder, 
was  born  at  Lancaster,  Pennsj'lvania,  November  5,  1759.  His  father 
had  emigrated  from  the  German  Palatinate  in  the  previous  year,  and 
became  prosperous  in  his  new  home.  He  died  in  1774.  His  son,  when 
seventeen  years  old,  went  to  York,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  tan- 
ner and  currier.  He  was  anxious  for  self-improvement  and  attended  a 
night  school  kept  by  a  benevolent  Quaker.  He  also  studied  b}-  himself. 
InJul}^,  1784, he  removed  to Selinsgrove, where  heopened  a  store.  After 
his  business  became  profitable,  he  in^•ested  in  land  and  mill  property. 
For  twelve  years  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace.  In  1790  he  \\as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Constitutional  Convention.  He  was  elected  to  the  legis- 
lature in  1797,  and  served  continuously  to  1808.  From  1802  to  1808 
he  was  speaker  of  the  house.  He  was  nominated  for  governor  in  1805, 
but  was  defeated  by  Governor  Thomas  McKean.  During  his  legis- 
lative term  he  originated  the  one  hundred  dollar  act,  providing  that 
all  causes  involving  sums  less  than  that  be  settled  by  arbitration.  In 


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1808  he  defeated  Senator  Ross  and  became  governor  of  Pennsylvania. 
He  continued  in  office  until  1817.  He  was  a  firm  supporter  of  Presi- 
dent Madison  and  of  the  War  of  1812.  In  1817  he  was  elected  state 
senator.  He  died  at  Selinsgrove,  Snyder  County,  November  9, 1819. 
In  1790  Governor  Snyder  married  Elizabeth  Michael,  who  died  No- 
vember 10,  1794.  He  married  for  the  second  time,  June  12,  1796, 
Catharine,  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Frederick  and  Catharine  (Schuy- 
ler) Antes  of  Northumberland.  She  died  March  10, 1810.  He  married 
for  the  third  time,  October  16,  1814,  Mary  Slough  Scott,  who  was  a 
widow.  She  died  in  1823.  A  grandson  of  the  governor,  General  Simon 
Snyder,  was  distinguished  for  bravery  during  the  Civil  War,  and  had 
a  continuous  service  of  forty-one  years  in  the  army  until  his  retirement 
as  brigadier-general  in  May,  1902. 


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JOHN  RHEA  CLARENDON  SMITH 

PARTICULARS  concerning  John  Rhea  Clarendon  Smith  will  be 
found  in  Volume  I,  page  323. 


[From  John  Rhea  Clarendon  Smith] 

Philad  September  28'*'  1808. 

Dear  Sir, 

OUR  travellers  started  about  a  week  since,  taking  a  cir- 
cuitous route  through  Jersey  to  New  York  &  if  not  de- 
tained by  the  badness  of  the  weather  must  have  reached  New 
York  ere  this.  Papa's  health  was  much  restored  previous  to 
his  departure,  but  I  fear  the  weather  has  been  very  unfavor- 
able for  him.  Robert  &  William  are  with  him.  Robert  has  fin- 
ished his  collegiate  course  &  is  still  undetermined  what  to 
pursue.  He  seems  a  little  inclined  to  be  a  merchant,  but  this 
I  am  rather  disposed  to  discourage,  as  I  do  not  think  he  has 
the  proper  disposition  or  talents  to  succeed  as  a  merchant  & 
it  would  be  a  pity  that  the  talents  he  seems  to  possess  should 
in  a  measure  be  lost  or  thrown  away.  I  should  much  prefer 
that  he  would  follow  one  of  the  professions  of  Law,  Physick 
or  Divinity.  The  latter,  however  he  might  have  been  disposed 
to  at  one  time,  he  has  at  present  I  believe  but  little  inclination. 
He  is  most  inclined  to  the  study  of  the  law  but  has  started 
some  trivial  objeftions  which  may  easily  removed.  In  this  un- 
determined state  of  his  mind  I  have  thought  of  a  plan  which 
if  agreeable  to  you  &  you  should  approve  of  must  be  of  great 
advantage  to  him,  that  is  to  pass  this  winter  in  New  York 
under  your  dire6lion  &  instru6tion  either  in  the  study  of  his 
profession  or  in  a  general  course  of  reading  previous  to  his 
beginning  a  profession.  This  plan  cannot  fail  to  improve  him 

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&  lay  a  good  &  solid  foundation  for  the  future.  If  he  remains 
here  he  will  no  doubt  loose  much  of  his  time,  in  company, 
acquaintances  &c.  If  this  plan  should  correspond  with  your 
ideas  &  be  convenient  to  you  not  interfering  with  your  do- 
mestick  arrangements  I  wish  you  would  converse  with  Papa 
&  Robert  upon  the  subje6l  & 

With  respeft 

Your 

Jno  R.  C.  Smith 

We  are  all  well,  my  respe6ls  to  M''  Hobart 

Superscription : 

Rev"  John  H  Hobart  Greenwich  St  New  York. 

On  the  fly-leaf  there  is  this  note  in  Hobart' s  handwriting: 

Hymns.  State  the  nature  &  importance  of  Psalms  &  the  dan- 
ger of  departing  from  them.  The  peculiar  circumstances  of  the 
Church  to  the  Southward  w*^  required  Hynnis,  acquiesced  in 
by  many  on  that  principle  of  conciliation  on  which  BpP.  a6led. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Robert  Smith. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  I,  page  34. 

Robert  Hobart  Smith. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  61. 

William  Alexander  Smith. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  64. 

Hymns  adopted  by  the  General  Convention,  i8o8. 
Dr.  Hobart's  note  shows  that  he  shared  the  objection  which  many 
Churchmen  had  at  that  time  to  the  adoption  of  hymns  in  the  public 
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JOHN  RHEA  CLARENDON  SMITH 

worship  of  the  Church.  On  page  236  of  his  "  Memoirs "  Bishop 
\\'hite  states : 

"  On  the  subject  of  the  Hymns  sanctioned  by  this  convention,  much 
was  said,  as  well  out  of  doors  as  in  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay 
Deputies.  Some  members  of  that  body  had  contemplated  the  matter 
]5re\'iously  to  the  meeting,  and  had  pressed  it  with  great  earnestness. 
The  author  of  these  remarks  acknowledges,  that  it  was  with  pain  he 
saw  the  subject  brought  forward.  This  was  not  because  he  doubted 
either  of  the  lawfulness  of  celebrating  the  praises  of  God  in  other 
strains  than  those  of  Da\id,  or  of  the  expediency  of  having  a  few 
well  selected  hymns  for  the  especial  subjects  of  the  evangelical  econ- 
omy, which  can  no  otherwise  be  celebrated  in  the  Psalms,  than  in  an 
accommodated  sense.  Nevertheless,  there  is  so  little  of  good  poetry  ex- 
cept the  Scriptural,  on  sacred  subjects,  and  there  was  so  great  danger 
of  having  a  selection  accommodated  to  the  degree  of  animal  sensibil- 
itv,  affected  by  those  who  were  the  most  zealous  in  the  measure,  that 
the  discretion  of  adopting  it  seemed  questionable.  It  was,  however, 
jielded  to  by  the  bishops,  under  the  hope,  that  the  selection  of  a  few 
and  those  unexceptionable,  although  some  of  them,  perhaps,  are  not 
to  be  extolled  for  the  excellency  either  of  the  sentiments  or  of  the 
poetry,  might  prevent  the  unauthorized  use  of  compositions  which  no 
rational  Christian  can  appro\'e  of.  The  matter,  however,  was  executed 
with  too  much  haste.  The  bishops  had  merely  time  to  give  a  cursory 
reading  to  the  hymns  proposed,  the  result  of  w  hich  was  the  accept- 
ance of  them,  with  the  exception  of  one  hymn,  containing  a  verse 
that  seemed  a  little  enthusiastic.  In  lieu  of  this  they  proposed  another 
hymn,  which  \vas  admitted.  Those  who  were  the  most  zealous  for  the 
measure  had  pressed  for  the  admission  of  about  two  hundred. 

"  On  the  subject  of  hymns,  there  is  ground  for  considerable  appre- 
hension. Some  ministers,  and  other  members  of  this  Church,  ha\'e 
so  strong  an  inclination  to  multiply  them,  that,  whatever  might  be 
in  future  the  number  of  those  allowed,  there  would  be  at  every  con- 
vention a  wish  for  more.  Others  are  aware  of  the  inconvenience  of 
this  continual  enlargement,  but  press  for  the  setting  aside  of  some  of 
those  selected,  in  order  to  introduce  new  ones  more  suited  to  their 
taste  ;  not  foreseeing,  that  on  the  same  principle,  there  w  ill  be,  in  the 
next  convention,  new  proposers  of  new  hymns,  and  that  this  will 
happen  ^vithout  end.  There  are  some  religious  societies,  who  think 
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it  ungodly  to  introduce  into  the  worship  of  the  sanctuary  any  other 
singing  than  that  of  the  Psalms  of  David.  This  is  unreasonable,  but 
are  we  not  running  into  the  opposite  extreme?" 
For  further  notice  on  Hymns  adopted  by  the  General  Convention, 
1808,  see  page  34. 


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JOHN  CROES 

[  From  John  Croes  ] 

New  Brunswick,  Oft.  1 1 ,  1 808. 

Dear  Sir, 

WHEN  I  last  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you,  you  sug- 
gested that  you  would  send  a  few  numbers  of  the 
Magazine  to  Sussex,  that  the  members  of  the  churches  in  that 
quarter,  might  have  an  opportunity  of  seeing  the  work  previ- 
ously to  their  subscribing  for  it.  I  purpose  to  set  off  on  a  visit 
to  those  churches,  next  week.  If  therefore  you  will  be  so  oblig- 
ing as  to  forward  to  me,  this  week,  by  one  of  the  N.  Brun'' 
sloops,  such  numbers  as  you  think  proper  to  send,  I  will  take 
them  with  me  and  distribute  them.  On  Friday  last  I  resigned 
my  charge  of  the  school, and  feel  myself  freed  from  a  burden, 
which  I  have,  with  difficulty, borne  seven  years,  and  which  has 
greatly  interfered  with  my  ministerial  duties.  I  rejoice  at  the 
opportunity,  which  my  resignation  affords  of  devoting  myself 
exclusively  to  the  duties  of  my  sacred  office,  and  to  the  inter- 
ests of  the  church,  especially  in  this  State.  I  do  not  despair  of 
being  able,  with  the  Divine  blessing,  to  place  the  churches  over 
which  I  preside,  in  a  more  favourable  state,  than  they  have 
been  in  for  some  years.  I  should  be  gratified  with  a  line  from 
you  occasionally,  communicating  any  new  events, which  may 
take  place  respe6ling  the  church. 

Please  to  express  my  warmest  regards  to  M"^^^  Hobart,  and 
to  the  ReV?  M:  Howe. 

With  very  great  esteem  &  regard 
I  am.  Dear  Sir, 

Your  afi^e(51ionate  brother, 

John  Croes. 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

My  son  John  sat  off  yesterday  on  a  tour  to  West  Liberty, 
40  miles  West  of  Pittsburg.  The  improvement  of  his  health, 
was  the  objec^l:. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev".  Doctor  Hobart,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Thomas  Tardley  Hozu. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 

John  Croes,  Jr. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  345. 

fVest  Liberty. 

West  Liberty  is  a  post  village  in  Ohio  County,  West  Virginia,  ten 

miles  northeast  of  Wheeling. 

In  the  "History  and  Record  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  Diocese  of  West  Virginia,"  compiled  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  George 
William  Peterkin  in  1902,  it  is  said  on  page  555: 

"In  the  summer  of  1792  Dr.  Doddridge  collected  a  congregation 
at  West  Liberty,  the  seat  of  justice  for  Ohio  County,  Va.  Services 
were  held  in  the  court-house.  The  parish  was  much  weakened  by 
the  removal  of  many  of  its  members  to  Wheeling,  when  the  county 
seat  was  removed  to  that  place.  Dr.  Doddridge,  however,  still  held 
services  in  West  Liberty  every  third  Sunday  in  the  year  1800. 

"The  supporters  of  the  church  there  in  that  year  were:  Moses 
Chapline,  Nathan  Harding,  Isaac  Taylor,  Benjamin  Biggs,  Charles 
Tibergein,  Thomas  Beck,  Andrew  Font,  Ebzy  Swearingen,  Thomas 
Wyman,  Silas  Hedges,  William  Griffith,  Stephen  G.  Francis,  John 
Wilson,  Christian  Foster,  William  Demont,  Walter  Skinner,  Lyman 
Fonts,  Zaccheus  Biggs,  Abraham  Roland,  Ticy  Cooper,  Benijah 
Dement,  Thomas  Dickerson,  James  Wilson,  William  Cully,  John 
Cully,  Jacob  ZoU,  GeorgeG.  Dement,  Nicholas  Rogers,  John  Abrams, 
John  Wilkins,  Sr.,  Samuel  Beck,  John  Kirk,  William  Wil'kins. 
Amount  subscribed,  $98. 

[   :20  ^ 


JOHN  CROES 

"West  Liberty,  like  many  other  places  in  the  Western  country, 
in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century,  presented  a  fine  opening 
for  Episcopal  Missionary  labor,  in  the  absence  of  u  hich  the  field  has 
been  successfully  culti\ated  by  others,  and  at  the  present  period  there 
is  probably  not  an  Episcopalian  in  the  place.  It  may  not  be  amiss,  in 
this  connection,  to  call  attention  to  the  fact,  that  the  ritual  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church  was  exceedingly  popular  among  the  rude  pioneers  of  the 
West.  The  Book  of  Common  Prayer  has  always  been  found  suited 
to  all  classes  and  conditions  of  mankind." 


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[From  James  Kemp] 

Rev?  &  Dear  Sir, 

I  Presume  my  last  letter  ordering  an  additional  n?  of 
Magazines  has  not  reached  you,  as  I  have  received  only 
nine,  the  n*?  first  sent.  Twenty  three,  in  addition  to  the  four 
former  subscribers,  I  think,  was  the  n?  required:  Twelve  for 
Somerset,  Stepney  Parish,  and  eleven  for  mine,  making  alto- 
gether twenty  seven,  to  be  sent  to  me.  The  four  former  sub- 
scribers had  paid  in  advance  to  M[  Jackson,  the  Agent;  and 
the  money  for  23  additional  ones  lies  in  my  hands  subjedl  to 
your  Order. 

I  sent  from  Charlestown  my  4'.^  letter,  with  a  few  lines  on 
the  cover  written,  while  I  was  trembling  with  cold,  and  the 
Post  Master  impatient  to  close  the  mail.  I  had  gone  to  Kent  on 
the  unfortunate  business  of  Briscoe,  which  you  have  no  doubt 
heard  of  He  made  a  penitent  confession,  imploring  the  for- 
giveness &  the  prayers  of  the  Church.  In  consequence  of  which, 
our  Bp.  means  to  suspend  him,  without  limitation,  thus  keep- 
ing him  in  the  power  of  the  Church  &  at  the  same  time  sav- 
ing his  family  from  the  pain  of  a  public  degradation.  D":  Kew- 
ley  gratified  me  highly,  by  his  account  of  the  Church  to  the 
northward,  and  more  particularly  by  informing  me  of  your 
happy  association  with  your  excellent  friend  M."^  Howe.  My 
heart  enlarges  with  gratitude  to  the  Supreme  Being,  when  I 
hear  of  such  acquisitions  to  our  ministry.  Here,  it  would  seem, 
that  Satan,  was  making  an  unusually  bold  effort  upon  our 
Zion.  Every  occasion  &  every  instrument  seem  to  be  tried,  to 
shake  her  foundation.  In  a  hand-bill  at  our  late  eledlion,  it  was 
asserted,  that  a  motion  was  made  in  the  late  G.C.  to  strike  out 
the  prayer  for  the  President,  with  other  falsehoods  equally 
wicked. 

C    122    ] 


JAMES  KEMP 

I  am  much  pleased  with  the  account  of  your  Diocese.  If  you 
were  to  obtain  such  from  all  the  States  it  might  have  a  happy 
etfe6l,  &  would  at  any  rate  be  a  piece  of  pleasing  information 
to  our  Members.  D"!  Abercrombie  you  have  dealt  honestly  by. 
He  appears  to  me  to  fail  greatly  in  his  declamation  if  it  may 
be  so  called.  But  there  is  one  thing,  that  I  could  wish  to  see 
expunged  or  managed  in  a  very  different  way,  his  proof  of 
the  being  of  a  God  from  the  light  of  7iatiire. 

But  my  dear  Sir,  we  are  all  liable  to  the  rigid  rules  of  criti- 
cism, nay  I  could  criticize  upon  my  self,  after  I  appear  in  print. 
To  say  nothing  of  a  want  of  smoothness  in  some  periods,  I 
think  there  seems  to  be  a  conciseness,  that  omits  some  steps 
in  the  argument,  like  in  the  demonstration  of  a  mathematical 
problem,  when  some  links  are  wanting  to  the  continuation  of 
the  Chain.  I  mean  to  deny  my  self  most  rigidly  the  pleasure 
of  reading  Dr.  Bowden's  book,  till  my  letters  are  finished.  I 
should  like  to  know,  whether  you  have  the  same  view,  as  to 
their  being  published, in  a  Pamphlet,  that  you  once  suggested. 
If  you  have,  I  will  prepare  some  notes  &  also  an  Index.  I  think 
I  might  also  add  an  address  to  Episcopalians.  There  are  some 
typographic  errors,  one  in  particular  in  page  264,  where, 
word  stands  instead  of  zvorld.  My  best  respefts  to  M?  Hobart 
&  my  sincere  prayers  that  your  life  and  health  may  be  long 
continued  to  pursue,  with  your  pious  ardor,  the  important 
work  of  our  Holy  calling.  I  am 
My  dear  Sir 

your  aff.  Brother  in  Christ. 

Ja^  Kemp. 

Cambridge  Oft',  i  i.  1808. 

Sufencription : 

The  RevP  D?  Jn?  Henry  Hobart  New  York. 

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ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42.  The  misprint  to  which  Mr. 
Kemp  alludes  in  the  latter  part  of  his  letter  was  on  page  264  of  vol- 
ume V  of  this  magazine. 

Joseph  Jackson. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  484. 

William  Briscoe. 
For  notice  see  page  63. 

John  Kewley. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  October  8,  1812. 

Thomas  Tardley  How. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 

Abercrombie' s  LeSliires  on  the  Catechism. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  426. 

Bozv den's  Letters  on  Episcopacy . 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  468. 

Kemp's  Episcopacy  Vindicated. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  469. 


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DANIEL  NASH 

[  From  Daniel  Nash  ] 

Exeter,  Otsego  County,  OR'  1 4.  1 808. 

Rev  and  Dear  Sir, 

IT  is  now  some  Weeks  since  I  received  a  short  line  from 
you,  together  with  the  proposals  for  the  Churchman's 
Magazine,  soliciting  that  I  would  procure  subscribers  for  it. 
I  have  urged  my  People  to  subscribe,  that  I  was  not  fearful 
noiv  to  assure  them  that  it  would  be  a  work  worthy  of  their 
attention.  I  put  a  subscription  Paper  into  the  hands  of  a  young 
Gentleman  at  the  Butternuts,  who  I  believe  has  obtained  only 
three  or  four  Subscribers — perhaps  you  will  be  surprised  that 
so  much  coldness  prevails  towards  a  publication,  which  I  pre- 
sume to  say, is  highly  interesting  to  the  Church — the  first  rea- 
son is,  the  want  of  Money;  good  Farmers  can  scarcely  com- 
mand a  single  Dollar — the  second  is,  that  when  the  Magazine 
was  first  published  in  New  Haven,  they  were  displeased  at 
some  pieces  which  were  inserted  in  it,  so  that  a  work  under 
any  other  title  would  be  preferred.  I  shall  however  be  respon- 
sible for  twenty  Numbers,  which  will  amount  to  thirty  Dol- 
lars. I  have  confidence  in  you  as  an  Editor  and  I  find  it  abso- 
lutely necessary  to  countera6l  the  Congregationalists,  who 
send  their  Evangelical  Magazine  into  different  Neighbour- 
hoods in  this  County,  free  from  all  expense.  There  are  many 
pieces  in  these  Magazines  which  are  entertaining  and  as  far 
as  my  knowledge  extends  they  are  read  with  a  considerable 
Degree  of  avidity.  These  are  the  reasons  why  I  become  re- 
sponsible for  so  great  a  Number.  I  do  not  doubt,  if  Money  cir- 
culated as  formerly,  that  I  could  send  off" thrice  the  number, 
after  they  had  seen  some  of  them.  You  will  send  the  two  first 
Numbers,  beginning  with  July,  by  the  Bearer  after  that  you 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

will  forward  the  succeeding  Numbers  by  the  Mail,  if  no  other 
mode  of  conveyance  is  foundout — couldthey  be  sentto  Albany, 
a  tolerably  safe  conveyance  might  be  had  free  from  expense, 
but  perhaps  it  will  be  best  to  forward  them  by  the  Mail.  It  was 
not  possible  for  me  to  be  at  the  Convention.  I  wished  to  have 
been  present,  not  only  to  have  seen  my  Brethren  but  also  to 
have  visited  the  City  once  more.  We  are  in  danger  of  some- 
thinglike the  Arian  orSocinian  Herisy.  About  sixty  miles  from 
this,  I  have  heard  that  a  man  of  tolerable  abilities  has  been 
preaching  against  the  Do61:rine  of  the  Trinity.  In  this  County, 
[^torn'2  Retailer, of  the  same  sentiments  {^torfi2  been  publish- 
ing. He  is  absolutely  to  mean  to  be  noticed  by  any  decent 
Man,  being  a  drunken  fanatic — pretends  to  be  a  Prophet  sent 
from  the  Lord.  I  have  mentioned  these  things  to  suggest  the 
idea  of  your  publishing  Jones's  Catholic  Do6lrine  of  the  Trin- 
ity. Such  things  must  be  countera6led — the  small  number  of 
Infidels  we  have  rejoice  in  seeing  such  a  contemptible  Being 
attack  the  fundamental  Articles  of  Religion.  If  you  have  time, 
let  me  hear  from  you  by  the  Bearer. 

Your  obliged  Friend 

Daniel  Nash. 

Superscription  : 

Rev  John  H.  HobartD.D.  New  York. 
M'.  Tunnicliff. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Chiirchmaji's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 


Butternuts. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  501. 


DANIEL  NASH 

The  Conne^iait  Evangelical  Magazine. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  35. 

William  Jones  of  Nayland. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  193. 

John  Tunnicliff. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  220. 


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[  From  James  Dewar  Simons  ] 

Charleston  14"' Oftober  1808. 

Rev"  &  Dear  Sir, 

I  HAVE  long  proposed  to  myself  the  pleasure  of  writing 
you  a  few  lines,  to  enquire  after  your  health  &  to  return 
you  my  sincere  thanks  for  the  many  proofs  of  friendship  & 
kindness  I  received  from  you  during  my  \^torn']  your  city. 
They  are  remembered  with  gratitude  &  I  have  only  to  regret, 
that  it  is  not  in  my  power  to  reciprocate  your  goodness. 

Our  Friend  M"^  Bowen,  a  few  days  since  handed  me  a  Sub- 
scription Paper  for  the  Churchman's  magazine.  From  some 
of  the  most  respeftable  members  of  our  Church  I  have  pro- 
cured a  subscription  &  am  happy  to  send  you  a  bill  ( See  3^ 
Page  of  this  letter* )  for  $37ii^  the  amount  for  25  Copies.  D"^ 
Dalcho  the  Agent  is  so  much  engaged  with  the  management 
of  his  paper  the  "Courier";  that  he  has  not  time  to  spare  to 
the  Circulation  of  the  Magazine.  As  this  is  the  case,  I  am  in- 
duced to  offer  you  my  services  as  Agent  for  your  magazine 
in  Charleston ;  if  you  will  accept  this  Offer  I  will  receive  the 
Numbers  of  your  magazine  &  send  them  myself  to  the  dif- 
ferent Subscribers,  so  that  they  cannot  fail  to  get  them.  The 
pleasure  of  disseminating  of  truth,  of  extending  a  knowledge 
of  the  nature  &  principles  of  our  Church,  &  of  dispersing  a 
magazine  under  your  care  among  our  people  who  greatly 
want  the  information  it  will  contain,  will  be  full  compensa- 
tion for  any  care  I  may  have.  It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  say 
to  you ;  that  I  decline  receiving  any  percentage  or  any  thing 
of  that  sort.  You  can  send  at  least  60  or  70  Copies  for  which 
I  will  be  responsible;  &  as  soon  as  they  are  subscribed  for, 
will  remit  the  remainder  of  the  money.  M'  Bowen  will  procure 

*  The  top  of  the  third  page,  which,  no  doubt,  had  the  account,  has  been  torn  otf.  Ed. 
C    128    ] 


JAMES  DEWAR  SIMONS 

subscriptions  among  the  congregation  of  St.  Michael's  &  will 
receive  from  me  (if  you  approve  it)  the  Copies  of  the  Maga- 
zine. I  have  no  doubt  to  procure  loo  subscriptions  in  this  City, 
when  the  work  is  seen  &  known.  I  most  sincerely  wish  you 
success  in  all  your  labours;  I  have  read  with  delight,  Your 
Apology;  I  mentioned  it  to"D':  Gallagher/'  the  Rom:  Cath: 
Priest,  a  man  of  learning,  &  he  informed  me  when  he  finished 
it;  that  Mason  had  all  the  temper  &  passion.  Your  work  all 
the  argument  &  X"?  reasoning,  he  spoke  of  it  in  such  terms 
as  I  cannot  mention.  The  approbation  of  your  own  conscience 
however,  must  be  the  sweetest,  the  best  reward  you  can 
receive.  D'  Bowden  has  I  imagine,  given  the  Death  Blow  to 
Presbyterianism. 

Will  you  do  me  the  favour  to  remember  me  kindly  &  re- 
spe6lfully  to  Bishop  Moore,  D'^  Bowden,  our  Friend  M'  Har- 
ris &  to  all  the  Clergy  of  our  Church  in  the  City.  In  April  I 
expe6l  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you  all.  Will  you  do  me  the 
kindness  to  mention  such  zvorks  as  will  prepare  me  for  ex- 
amination for  Priest's  Orders.  My  health  for  one  year;  was 
such  as  prevented  my  studying  it  is  now  better;  &  I  hope  it 
may  continue. 

W^ith  unfeigned  friendship  &  regard 

I  remain  Y"^  Sincere  Brother 

James  Dewar  Simons. 

Superscription  : 

Rev'.' J.  H.  HoBART  New  York 


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ANNOTATIONS 

Nathaniel  Bowen. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  542. 

The  Chiirchtnan's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Frederick  Da/cho. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  October  22,  1819. 

The  Charlesto7i  Courier. 

On  January  1,  1803,  a  new  daily  paper  appeared  in  Charleston, 
South  Carolina,  under  the  name  of  "The  Charleston  Courier."  It 
took  the  place  of  the  "South  Carolina  State  Gazette,"  which  had  sus- 
pended publication.  Its  proprietor  was  Aaron  Smith  Willington  of 
Wayland,  Massachusetts.  He  was  accompanied  by  a  practical  young 
printer,  Loring  Andrews  of  Boston,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the 
old  and  noted  firm  of  printers,  Loring  &:  Andrews,  and  was  very 
skilful  in  his  art.  The  third  partner  was  Stephen  Cullen  Carpenter, 
who  was  both  a  printer  and  a  good  editorial  writer.  The  paper  was 
to  be  strongly  Federalist  in  its  politics.  Mr.  Willington  and  his  asso- 
ciates had  great  energy  and  enterprise,  and  the  paper  was  successful 
from  its  commencement.  In  1805  Mr.  Andrews  sold  his  share  to  Ben- 
jamin Burgh  Smith,  who  had  been  the  publisher  and  editor  of  "The 
Herald  of  Freedom,"  Boston,  and  of  "The  Western  Star,"  Stock- 
bridge,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Andrews  was  taken  ill  of  fever  before  he 
could  sail  for  Boston,  and  died  October  17,  1805,  sincerelv  regretted. 
Until  1807  the  office  of  the  paper  \vas  at  No.  6  Crafts  South  Range, 
when  it  was  removed  to  No.  1  Broad  Street.  Mr.  Smith  retired  from 
the  firm  January  10,  1806,  which  then  became  Marchant,  Willing- 
ton &.  Company.  In  1806  Dr.  Frederick  Dalcho,  a  prominent  phy- 
sician of  Charleston,  became  a  partner.  He  was  also  a  brilliant  edito- 
rial writer,  and  increased  the  reputation  of  the  paper.  Mr.  Carpenter 
withdrew  in  July,  1807,  to  become  the  publisher  of  "The  Daily 
Advertiser  "  of  New  York  City,  afterward  known  as  "The  People's 

C  ISO  ] 


JAMES  DEWAR  SIMONS 

Friend  and  Daily  Advertiser."  In  1808  Mr.  Marchant  retired,  and 
the  firm  name  became  A.  S.Willington  &.  Company.  Dr.  Dalcho  with- 
drew from  the  firm  previous  to  1812,  when  he  commenced  a  sys- 
tematic stud)- of  theology.  In  July,  1809,  E.  Morford,  a  bookseller  of 
the  cit}',  was  made  a  partner.  At  that  time  a  reading-room  was  opened 
by  the  firm.  In  1813  Mr.  Willington  became  the  sole  proprietor.  He 
gathered  around  him  a  staff  of  writers  that  made  the  "Courier" 
one  of  the  most  influential  papers  in  the  South.  Richard  Yeadon  and 
William  S.  King  were  associated  with  him  in  1833.  The  paper  was 
thoroughly  southern  in  its  sympathies,  and  its  publication  was  sus- 
tained with  difficulty  during  the  Civil  War.  After  the  occupation  of 
Charleston  by  the  Federal  troops  in  April,  1865,  the  "Courier  "  was 
published  by  two  skilled  northern  newspaper  men,  George  Whitte- 
more  and  George  Johnson.  In  November  of  that  jear  Mr.  Willing- 
ton  again  assumed  control.  It  continued  to  be  published  by  his  de- 
scendants and  their  associates  until  after  1882.  It  was  afterwards 
combined  with  "The  Charleston  News"  under  the  name  of  "The 
News  and  Courier." 

Hobart's  Apology  for  Apostolic  Order. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  383. 

5.  F.  O'Gallagher. 

The  emigration  from  Ireland  to  South  Carolina  in  the  period  between 
the  years  1784  and  1809  brought  necessarily  priests  of  the  Roman 
Church.  The  earliest  celebration  of  the  mass  that  is  known  was  in  1786, 
when  a  vessel  bound  for  South  America  put  into  Charleston,  where  it 
remained  for  some  days.  An  Italian  priest  on  board,  at  the  request  of 
the  Irishmen,  officiated  in  a  small  house  to  twelve  persons.  In  1790 
members  of  the  Gaston  family  built  a  church  at  New  Bern.  Father 
O'Reilly  was  stationed  in  South  Carolina  alx)ut  1788,  but  remained 
only  two  years,  as  his  health  failed.  He  was  succeeded  b}'  Dr.  Keating. 
In  1789  the  Roman  Catholics  purchased  a  Methodist  meeting-house 
on  Hasel  Street,  which  they  fitted  for  a  church.  A  parish  was  incor- 
porated in  1790  ;  Father  O'Gallagher  of  Dublin  arri\ed  in  1793.  The 
church  was  rebuilt  of  brick.  On  Julv  11,  1820,  the  see  of  Charleston 
was  created,  for  which  Dr.  John  England  \\  as  consecrated  Bishop. 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

John  Mitchell  Mason. 

For  mention  see  Volume  V,  page  230,  and  for  notice  see  page  107. 

John  Bowden. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  August  15,  1809. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

William  Harris. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  288. 


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JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait",  oa:  24.  1808. 
Rev.  &  DEAR  Sir, 

I  AM  not  a  little  disappointed,  at  having  received  no  answer 
to  my  last,  in  which  I  requested  you  to  give  me  a  speedy 
one,  concerning  some  points  mentioned  therein.  Add,  as  far  as 
you  are  able,  the  advantages  of  Mr  B's  settlement  at  Albany. 
The  journals  &c  &c  &c  &  the  magazines  all  arrived  in  good 
order. 

I  am,  with  great  respect  and  esteem, 

Your  affe6l!  brother 

Joseph  G.  J.  Bend. 
Please  to  answer  me  diredlly. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev?  D".  Hobart,  New  York. 


ANNOTATION 

Frederic  Beasley. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  325. 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Chapman  ] 

New  York,  Oft.  28'h.  1808. 

Dear  Sir. 

I  AM  very  sorry  to  inform  you  that  M"^,'  Hobart  is  very 
unwell  with  the  sick  headache.  She  desired  me  to  write 
to  you  and  inform  you  that  she  will  not  be  able  to  visit  E.  T. 
this  week.  She  desires  that  you  would  return  tomorrow.  She 
will  go  to  E.  T.  on  Monday,  if  she  is  well  enough. 
D";  Kollock  left  here  yesterday  morning. 

I  am  respe6lfully  Yours  &c 

J:  Chapman. 

Superscription: 

Rev.  D?  John  H.  Hobart.  Elizabeth  Town.  New  Jersey. 

To  be  delivered  as 
soon  as  possible. 

ANNOTATION 

Henry  Kollock. 

For  notice  see  Voliime  II,  page  65. 


C  134  ] 


FRANCES  BRENTON 

IT  has  not  been  possible  to  find  anything  concerning  this  lady,  or 
the  school  to  which  she  refers,  outside  of  her  correspondence  with 
Dr.  Hobart.  Judging  from  her  letter  of  Januar}'  6,  1820,  it  would 
appear  that  her  venture  in  New  York  was  not  successful.  She  lost  her 
arm,  and  yet  with  a  brave  heart  endeavoured  to  continue  her  strug- 
gle for  a  livelihood  by  planning  to  open  a  school  at  Hyde  Park,  about 
which  also  no  particulars  are  available.  Her  name  does  not  appear  in 
the  old  records  of  Trinity  Parish,  or  in  those  of  St.  James's  Parish  in 
the  city  of  New  York.  In  the  records  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  New 
York,  there  is  the  following  entrj- :  "  Leslie  Stewart  and  Maria  Bren- 
ton,  Md.  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  April  29th,  1812  in  pres.  of  her 
mother  and  Charles  Wilkes,  Esq.,"  but  there  is  no  e\  idence  obtainable 
to  show  whether  this  Maria  was  any  relation  to  Frances. 


[  From  Frances  Brenton  ] 

Sir, 

AS  it  has  been  a  great  source  of  regret  to  my  little  Flock 
X~V.  that  the  colle6lion  for  Missionaries  in  the  Church  here 
was  made  during  their  absence,  I  have  promised  to  place  in 
your  hands  the  fruits  of  self-denial  during  the  holidays,  &  that 
had  been  saved  in  the  same  manner,  previous  to  them.  We 
entreat  your  prayers  that  these  young  disciples  may  become 
faithful  servants  of  our  Blessed  Lord,  &  that  the  head  of  the 
school  may  be  enlightened,  &  guided  by  ardent  &  humble  zeal 
devote  herself  to  the  sacred  duties  of  her  station. 
With  much  respedl: 

I  remain 

Harlem  Oaober  31!!  1808.  YourS  &C 

?„...,.,;„',„„.  Frances  Brenton 

ouperscriplion : 

Rev"  John  H  Hobart  Greenwich  Street  N.  York 

1 135 : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Bela  Hubbard  ] 

Rev°.  Sir, 

THE  Committee  appointed  by  the  Convocation  in  Con- 
ne6licut,  to  negotiate  with  the  Printers  of  the  Church- 
man's Magazine,  in  regard  to  its  future  publication ;  have  been 
together  this  day,  and  had  a  consultation  with  the  Printers. 
Mr.  Steele  showed  us  the  copy  of  a  Letter  which  he  had  writ- 
ten you  in  answer  to  yours  to  Do61:or  Hubbard  on  that  subjeft. 
We  were  in  hopes  to  have  had  some  further  communications 
from  you  by  this  time,  but  as  no  Letter  has  come  to  hand,  we 
conclude  you  have  not  yet  had  an  opportunity  of  consulting 
your  Bishop  &  Brethren.  The  Committee  have  tho't  it  advis- 
able to  postpone  doing  any  thing  decisive  until  we  hear  further 
from  you  on  this  business.  As  it  is  important  that  somearrange- 
ment  should  be  made  respefting  the  Magazine  before  theyear 
closes,  we  will  hope  to  hear  from  you  soon.  The  Committee  are 
unanimous  in  the  opinion  to  inlarge  the  Magazine  according 
to  the  proposals  made  them  by  the  Printers  on  condition  that 
a  union  takes  place  between  this  &  the  State  of  New  York. 
The  business  respedling  the  Editor  will  be  settled,  as  soon  as 
we  hear  from  you. 

Accept  our  affectionate  regards,  &  believe  us  your  sincere 
Friends  &  Brethren. 

By  order  of  the  Committee. 

Bela  Hubbard 

New  Haven  Nov  I*'  1808 

The  Magazine  to  be  inlarged  to  40  pages. 

The  paper  to  be  equal,  if  not  superior  to  that  of  the  present 

year. 

To  be  printed  on  a  type  of  the  long       size  (one  size  smaller 

than  that  of  the  present). 

C  ^36  ] 


BELA  HUBBARD 

To  allow  Agent  i2>2  p'  Cent  to  afford  a  reasonable  compen- 
sation for  services  rendered. 
Price  to  Subscribers  150  Cents  per  Annum. 

Superscription  : 

Rev'd  John  H  Hobart,  Assistant  Minister  Trinity  Ciiurch  New  York. 

Endorsement  in  Bishop  Hobart' s  handwriting: 
Dr.  Hubbard  Nevvhaven 
Nov  1  1808. 


ANNOTATION 


Convocation  at  IVatertozvn,  1807. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  361. 


c  ^.'i7 : 


JEDEDIAH  FAY 

THE  descendants  of  John  Fay  of  Marlborough,  Massachusetts, 
who  emigrated  from  England  in  1648,  are  numerous.  One  branch 
settled  in  Vermont.  Daniel  Fay  and  others  took  a  gallant  part  in  the 
Revolution.  The  name  of  Jedediah  Fay  is  not  found  in  any  genealogy 
of  that  branch,  nor  does  it  appear  in  the  list  of  freemen,  or  of  those 
assessed  in  the  town  of  Windsor  at  this  period.  It  is  not  mentioned  in 
the  history  of  the  town.  A  careful  examination  of  the  Journals  of  the 
Diocese  of  Vermont  from  1790  to  1832  shows  that  Mr.  Fay  did  not 
represent  Windsor,  which  was  the  only  parish  in  the  county,  during 
that  period,  either  before  or  after  the  organization  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Windsor,  in  1816.  There  was  no  parish  at  Woodstock  till  1825. 


[  From  Jedediah  Fay  ] 

Woodstock  Nov.  lo.  l8o8. 

Sir 

I  Observed  in  the  Boston  paper  received  this  day,  that  you 
are  about  publishing  a  work  entitled  the  Churchmans  Mag- 
azine. I  have  therefore  taken  the  liberty  of  requesting  you,  if 
it  is  not  contrary  to  your  regulations  to  send  me  the  numbers 
for  one  year,  there  are  few  churchmen  in  this  State.  Of  course, 
I  expe6l  you  have  no  agent  here,  otherwise,  I  should  have  ap- 
plied to  them.  If  you  will  be  so  obliging  as  to  send  me  the  first 
number  by  the  mail  I  will  forward  the  money  for  a  year. 

Yours  respeftfully 
Rev.  John  H.  Hobart.  Jedediah  Fay 

No  superscription. 

ANNOTATION 

The  Churchman' s  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  ])age  42. 

C    138   ] 


JOHN  STANFORD 

JOHN,  the  only  son  of  William  and  Mary  Stanford,  was  born  at 
Wandsworth,  Surrey,  England,  October  20,  1754.  When  ten 
years  old  became  under  the  care  of  his  uncle,  George  Stanford,  who 
sent  him  to  a  school  where  he  was  harshly  treated  and  neglected.  De- 
spite these  drawbacks,  he  was  an  apt  scholar,  and  profited  by  the  years 
spent  in  school.  Mr.  Stanford's  family  were  members  of  the  Church  of 
England,  and  he  was  duly  confirmed.  The  death  of  his  father  called 
him  home  when  eighteen.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  pri- 
vately in  addition  to  his  daily  tasks.  He  soon  experienced  a  change  in 
his  religious  views,  which  deepened  and  strengthened  his  spiritual  life. 
At  the  invitation  of  a  classmate  and  friend  he  went  to  hear  the  well- 
known  William  Romaine,  rector  of  St.  Andrew's,  Wardrobe,  and 
St.  Ann's,  Blackfriar's,  London.  For  nearlv  fifty  years  Mr.  Romaine 
was  the  most  prominent  E\angelical  preacher  and  leader  in  London. 
Subsequently  Mr.  Stanford  adopted  the  principles  of  the  Baptists. 
The  death  of  his  mother  left  him  with  the  care  of  three  sisters.  The 
fortune  expected  from  his  uncle  was  bequeathed  to  a  stranger,  and  his 
mother's  property  was  claimed  for  an  alleged  debt  of  his  father.  His 
friend  and  attorney,  Mr.  Naylor,  offered  to  assume  the  responsibility  of 
the  rent  of  a  house  which  had  been  used  for  a  boarding-school  at  Ham- 
mersmith, then  in  the  market,  which  was  gratefully  accepted.  John 
Stanford  was  a  good  teacher,  and  the  school  was  fairly  successful. 
Later  on,  through  his  exertions,  a  Baptist  Church  was  formed  at  Ham- 
mersmith, over  which  he  was  ordained  in  1781,  the  chief  member  of 
the  ordaining  council  being  the  celebrated  Abraham  Booth. 

Mr.  Stanford  sailed  for  the  United  States  January  7,  1786,  and  after 
a  very  perilous  \oyage  reached  Norfolk,  Virginia,  April  16.  Letters  of 
introduction  to  gentlemen  in  New  York  City  led  to  a  visit  to  that  city 
and  the  opening  of  an  academy,  which  was  soon  well  filled  w  ith  boys 
from  prominent  families.  In  1787  he  became  pastor  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church,  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  Dr.  Manning  had  resigned 
to  de\ote  himself  entirely  to  the  interests  of  Brown  University.  Mr. 
Stanford  had  a  successful  pastorate  of  nearly  three  years,  in  which 
he  conducted  a  theological  class  in  his  own  home  and  wrote  a  his- 
tory of  that  Church,  ^vhich  is  the  oldest  Baptist  Church  in  this  coun- 
try. He  was  also  elected  a  trustee  of  Brown  University.  Upon  his 
C    ^39   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

return  to  New  York  he  again  opened  a  school,  but  was  soon  attacked 
by  rehgious  melanclioHa,  \\  hich  compelled  him  to  give  up  all  work 
for  some  months.  In  1790  he  married  Sarah,  a  daughter  of  Abraham 
Ten  E3'ck,  a  member  of  Trinity  Church  and  an  officer  in  the  New 
York  Custom  House.  In  1794  John  Stanford  built  on  Fair,  now  Ful- 
ton, Street,  an  academy,  which  he  also  used  for  religious  services. 
During  the  summer  of  1798  he  was  attacked  with  yellow  fever,  and 
was  at  one  time  momentarily  expected  to  die,  but  recovered.  His  wife 
caught  the  fever  and  died.  Notwithstanding  his  sorrow  he  continued 
his  duties  as  schoolmaster  and  minister.  In  August,  1801,  his  house 
and  place  of  worship  was  burned.  Generous  contributions  were  made 
by  many  of  the  people  of  the  city  for  his  benefit.  He  continued  his 
school  and  his  Sunday  services  in  various  parts  of  the  city  until  1808, 
when  he  became  a  voluntary  chaplain  to  the  almshouse,  and  frequently 
visited  it  and  other  institutions  of  the  cit}%  greatly  cheering  the  in- 
mates. In  1813  he  gave  up  teaching  and  accepted  the  permanent 
chaplaincy  of  the  almshouse,  and  finalh'  included  in  his  circuit  the 
State  Prison,  the  Bridewell,  the  Magdalen  House,  the  Orphan  Asy- 
lum, the  Debtors'  Prison,  the  Penitentiary,  the  Lunatic  Asylum, 
Blackwell's  Island,  the  Marine  Hospital,  and  the  City  Hospital.  His 
work  was  arduous.  He  was  tender,  sympathetic,  and  yet  firm  in  his 
rebukes  of  sin  and  vice.  The  good  done  by  him  was  incalculable. 
He  had  the  respect  and  affection  of  the  whole  city.  He  was  on  inti- 
mate terms  of  friendship  with  Bishop  Hobart,  for  his  son,  Thomas 
Naylor  Stanford,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Thomas  and  James  Swords, 
was  one  of  the  Bishop's  dearest  friends.  Dr.  Stanford  died  January 
14,  1834,  in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age.  His  friend  and  biographer, 
Dr.  Charles  G.  Sommers,  says  of  him  in  Sprague's  "Annals," 
volume  vi,  page  251: 

"Dr.  Stanford  was  a  man  of  great  sagacit}-  and  forecast  —  he  had 
studied  human  nature  carefully  and  to  good  purpose.  He  possessed 
also  the  most  unbending  integrit}-  —  nothing  could  induce  him  to  vary 
a  hair  from  his  honest  convictions  of  what  was  true  and  right ;  and  he 
expected  the  same  of  others ;  and  if  he  did  not  find  it,  he  knew  how 
to  administer  a  withering  rebuke.  I  was  sometimes  unfortunate  enough 
to  take  ground,  on  some  small  matters,  which  he  thought  untenable, 
and  was  sure  to  meet  with  'Charles,  that  will  not  do.' 

"As  a  member  of  a  deliberative  body,  he  was  always  prudent  and 
C   140   j 


JOHN  STANFORD 

judicious,  and  his  opinion  was  greatly  relied  on,  though  it  was  not  very 
frequently,  and  ne\er  unnecessarily,  expressed.  As  a  writer,  he  was 
characterized  b}-  excellent  sense,  and  force  and  directness  of  thought, 
rather  than  by  the  graces  of  composition. 

"But  what  distinguished  Dr.  Stanford,  far  more  than  anything  else, 
was  his  abundant,  self-denying  and  philanthropic  labours.  Togiveany 
adequate  idea  of  these  would  require  a  volume.  He  had  a  vigorous  con- 
stitution, and  he  tasked  it  to  the  utmost,  in  fulfilling  his  mission  as  a 
Christian  minister.  I  do  not  believe  that  Whitefield  himself  performed 
a  greater  amount  of  ministerial  labour  than  he.  He  was  at  home  wher- 
ever there  was  suffering  to  be  relieved,  or  ignorance  to  be  enlightened, 
or  wanderers  to  be  reclaimed  to  the  path  of  virtue  and  holiness ;  and 
there  w'as  no  sacrifice  w  hich  he  did  not  deem  light,  if  it  were  neces- 
sary to  accomplish  the  benevolent  purposes  for  which  he  lived.  He  en- 
joyed a  high  reputation  among  the  wise  and  good  during  his  life-time ; 
and  few  men  die  whose  memories  are  more  deeply  embalmed  in  the 
grateful  remembrance  of  their  generation." 


[  From  John  Stanford  ] 


Nov'.  2  I  , 


Dear  Sir. 

1  AST  week,  M"^  Beasleys  Sermon,  delivered  before  theEpis- 
U  copal  Convention,  OQi\  4,  and  published  at  their  request, 
was  put  into  my  hand.  Although  I  never  allow  myself,  to  dip 
my  pen  in  controversal  ink,  there  is  one  sentense  in  that  Ser- 
mon to  which  I  shall  solicit  your  attention;  presuming,  that 
so  far  from  your  considering  me  unfriendly  to  your  Denomi- 
nation, you  will  receive  it  with  cordiality. 

The  passage  to  which  I  refer,  is  in  page  12  line  3.  "Set- 
ting off  from  the  tomb  of  our  Saviour;  a  spark  issues  from  his 
ashes,  that  kindles  within  them  unquenchable  ardour  in  his 
service." 
What!  did  the  body  of  Jesus  turn  to  corruption.^  Did  it  moul- 
[   141   J 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

der  into  ashes?  No.  It  is  positively  asserted — "  he,  whom  God 
raised  again,  saw  no  corruption."  A6ls  is,  31-  It  could  not; 
I  presume,  from  its  pure  intrinsic  nature,  &  from  its  union 
with  the  Divinity.  The  assertion,  therefore,  of  M'  B,  in  my 
opinion,  is  at  once  ungarded,  and  extremely  erronious.  It  is 
an  high  refle6lion  upon  the  blessed  body  of  Jesus,  and  sub- 
versive of  one  grand  fundamental  do6lrine  of  the  holy 
gospel. 

If  the  incorredlness  of  the  passage  strikes  your  mind  with 
that  serious  force  it  has  done  mine,  I  presume  you  will  re- 
grett  that,  for  the  honour  of  Christ,  &  the  respectability  of 
your  Convention,  it  has  been  published.  You  will,  at  any  rate, 
stop  the  sale  'till  the  unsold  copies  shall  have  been  corre6led. 
This  may  easily  be  done  with  the  pen,  thus — his  ashes  blotted 
out  intirely  and  introduce — Him.  Then,  I  think,  it  will  read 
correft. 

Wishing  you  the  smiles  of  the  Saviour,  I  remain 
Dear  Sir 

¥■;?  with  esteem 

John  Stanford 

8  I  Fair  Street. 

Superscription: 

Reverend  D?  Hobart. 


annotation 

Frederic  Beas ley's  Convention  Sermon,  1808. 

The  title-page  of  Frederic  Beasle3''s  Convention  Sermon  is : 

"A  Sermon  delivered  before  this  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  October  4,  1808  ;  and  pub- 
lished at  their  request.  By  the  Rev.  Frederic Beasley,  A.M.,  Rector  of 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany.  New  York:  Printed  by  T.  &  J.  Swords, 
No.  180  Pearl  street.  1808." 

C  142  ] 


JOHN  STANFORD 

The  text  was  St.  John  xxi.  1 7.  The  passage  referred  to  by  Dr.  Stan- 
ford with  its  context  is  : 

"But  if  it  be  imagined,  that  in  the  character  of  the  Saviour  there 
was  a  subhmity  of  excellence  which  renders  it  inimitable — if  it  be 
supposed  that  his  virtues  were  of  so  exalted  and  transcendent  nature, 
that  we  cannot  presume  to  aspire  after  a  perfect  imitation  of  them  ; 
look  at  his  Apostles.  They  were  feeble  men  like  oursehes ;  yet  what 
an  illustrious  example  they  have  set  us!  They  have  acted  a  part  in 
the  great  work  of  promulging  Christianity  litde  less  than  divine. 
My  mind  is  filled  w  ith  emotions  of  the  highest  degree  of  the  sublime, 
when  I  follow  these  great  men  through  their  glorious  career.  Setting 
off  from  the  tomb  of  their  Saviour,  a  spark  issues  from  his  ashes,  that 
kindles  within  them  unquenchable  ardor  in  his  service.  They  pursue 
their  way  through  difficulties  and  discouragements  and  the  most 
formidable  dangers,  yet  these  true  sons  of  Israel  a\  alk  undauntedly 
in  the  midst  of  it.  They  traverse  e\'ery  region  with  incredible  rapidity. 
They  sow  the  seed  of  Gospel  truth  with  equal  success  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  barbarous  life,  and  amidst  the  cultivated  fields  of  science  and 
philosophy.  Hunger,  thirst,  cold,  nakedness,  imprisonments  are  their 
daily  fare.  Some  shed  their  blood  in  Judea,  others  in  the  East,  some 
in  the  South,  others  in  the  West,  yet  none  are  discouraged,  none  re- 
lax in  their  exertions,  none  shrink  back  from  the  perilous  enterprize 
on  which  they  had  embarked.  My  God  !  what  a  motive  does  the  con- 
duct of  these  holy  men  offer  to  us  of  activity  and  zeal  in  the  propaga- 
tion of  the  Gospel !  With  such  animating  examples  before  us  can  we 
sink  into  a  criminal  and  fatal  apathy?"  \^Conventiori  Sermon,  p.  11.] 


C    14.3   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  John  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Eliz  Town.  Dec.  6:  1808 

My  Dear  Sir, 

YOU  will  find  herewith  the  communication  respe6ling  y^ 
Church  here, — You  will  of  course  make  such  alteration 
as  you  deem  proper,  I  hope  it  will  be  in  time  for  the  present 
number. 

Ml'  Dayton  has  just  mentioned  to  me  that  she  gave  you  the 
directions  respe6ling  pr.  Books  for  M""'  Ogden,  As  ML'  O.  has 
altered  her  mind,  you  will  please  not  to  give  the  dire6lions 
to  Messrs.  Swords.  If  I  should  not  Visit  N.Y.  in  a  few  days  I 
shall  write  to  them  &  get  you  likewise  to  pay  some  attention 
to  the  binding. 

I  have  not  heard  that  anyone  has  run  away, with  your  hobby 
and  therefore  we  suppose  he  stands  safe  at  Short  Hills. 
Y::  with  afFe6lion  &  Respe6l, 

John  C.  Rudd 

Superscription  : 

Rev.  D?  Hobart,  No  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

St.  John's  Church,  Elizabeth  Town,  New  Jersey. 
The  sketch  alluded  to  by  Mr.  Rudd  appeared  in  the  number  of  ' '  The 
Churchman's  Magazine"  for  March  and  April,  1809,  on  pages  151- 
154.  It  included  a  brief  history  of  the  parish,  and  an  account  of  the 
improvements  made  in  1807  and  1808,  with  the  form  of  services  used 
by  Mr.  Rudd  at  the  lavingof  the  corner-stone  of  the  new  chancel.  This 
is  probably  the  first  office  for  that  purpose  compiled  in  the  American 
Church.  It  was  then  the  custom  to  have  the  corner-stones  of  churches 
and  all  other  public  buildings  laid  by  theofficers  of  Masonic  lodges.  An- 
other early  corner-stone  office  is  that  used  at  the  laying  of  the  corner- 

C  144  n 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

stone  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  May  17, 18 14,  and 
printed  as  an  appendix  to  the  address  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Farmar  Jar- 
vis  on  that  occasion.  No  authorized  form  has  ever  been  set  forth  in  the 
American  Church. 

Jane  Tongrelou  Dayton. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  165,  and  for  additional  notice  see  Vol- 
ume V,  page  387. 

Elizabeth  Ogden. 
For  notice  see  page  64. 

Thomas  a7id  James  Swords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 


C   145   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Dewar  Simons  ] 

Charleston  lo"'  December  1808 

Rev"  &  Dear  Sir, 

BY  mail,  somerime  since,  I  enclosed  to  you  a  Bill  of  Ex- 
change on  M'  Ewing's  Friend  in  New  York;  for  the 
amo^  of  the  Churchman's  Magazine.  For  fear  that  this  letter 
may  not  have  reached  you;  I  take  this  opportunity  of  scrib- 
bling these  few  lines  by  a  Vessel  that  sails  immediately  from 
this  Port.  In  my  last  I  mentioned  that  it  would  give  me  plea- 
sure to  have  in  Charge  the  Agency  of  your  Magazine,  for 
Charleston;  if  this  should  meet  with  your  approbation,  you 
can  instruct  M'  Swords  to  send  me  at  least  60  or  70  Copies 
of  the  Magazine,  for  which  I  will  immediately  remit  the 
money.  D"^  Dalcho  of  the  Courier  office  will  receive  them  or 
they  may  be  direfted  to  me  to  be  left  with  James  Thomson 
Boarding  Officer  ( Custom  House  Charleston ;  and  I  will  im- 
mediately receive  them. 

I  must  request  you  to  present  me  respe6lfully  to  the  Bishop, 
D"^  Bowden,  M'  Harris  &  also  to  the  ReV^  M""  Howe,  whom 
although  I  do  not  personally  know,  yet  must  request  to  be 
remembered  to  &  Believe  me  Very  Sincerely 
y'  Friend  &  Brother 

Ja!  Dewar  Simons 

Superscription: 

Rev?  D"  Hobart  New  York 
Per 
Sch'  Betsey 


ANNOTATIONS 

Mr.  Ewing. 

It  has  been  impossible  to  identify  either  Mr.  Ewing  or  his  friend. 

C  146  ] 


JAMES  DEWAR  SIMONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Thomas  and  James  Sivon/s. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 

Freeze  rick  Dalcho. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  October  22,  1819. 

The  Charleston  Courier. 
For  notice  see  page  130. 

James  Thomson. 

Owing  to  the  destruction,  during  the  war  between  the  states,  of  the 
records  pre\'ious  to  the  year  1860  of  the  office  of  the  collector  of  cus- 
toms at  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  nothing  can  now  be  ascertained 
regarding  James  Thomson,  m  ho  m  as  the  boarding  officer  at  the  cus- 
tom-house in  the  year  1808. 


Benjamin  Moore. 


nenjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

John  Boivden. 

See  sketch  \\hich  precedes  his  letter  of  August  15,  1809. 

William  Harris. 

For  sketch  see  \^olume  IV,  page  288. 

Thomas  Tardley  How. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 

The  Betsey. 

Among  the  coasting  vessels  found  in  the  official  list  of  departures  from 
the  city  of  New  York  in  December,  1805,  and  subsequent  years,  in 
Ming's  "New  York  Price  Current,"  published  weekly  bv  A.  Ming 
at  No.  102  Water  Street,  is:  "Betsey,  Sayre,  Charleston." 

c  147 : 


JOHN  ROWE  PARKER 

JOHN  RowE,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Anne  (Cutler )  Parker,  was  born 
in  Boston,  where  his  father  was  the  rector  of  Trinity  Church  and 
afterward  Bishop  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  carefully  educated.  He 
engaged  in  business,  and  seems  at  one  time  to  have  been  a  partner  in 
the  firm  of  Munroe  &  Francis.  He  also  was  in  charge  of  the  Boston 
semaphore  telegraph,  by  which  messages  were  sent  from  convenient 
stations,  which  Mere  near  enough  to  be  seen  with  the  naked  eye  or  a 
good  telescope,  in  accordance  with  the  various  positions  of  wooden 
arms  projecting  from  an  upright  high  post  or  mast. 


[  From  John  Rowe  Parker  ] 

Boston  December  16'''  1808 

Revd  Sir 

SINCE  my  return  from  the  South,  having  been  much  oc- 
cupied in  the  pursuits  of  business,  have  not  been  able 
to  render  any  real  assistance  towards  the  circulation  of  the 
"Churchmans  Magazine,"  having  within  a  few  days  obtained 
a  few  subscribers  and  placed  them  upon  the  list  of  Subscrip- 
tion with  Mess''  Munroe  Francis  &  Parker.  I  would  suggest 
the  expediency  of  having  forwarded  to  them  50  copies  ( say 
fifty  sets  commencing  with  the  new  series)  many  persons 
wish  to  see  the  publication  before  they  subscribe,  and  I  flatter 
myself  if  they  are  gratified,  many  of  their  friends  will  become 
Patrons  and  by  that  means  a  general  circulation  and  a  hand- 
some Subscription  Paper  eflfe6led. 

Our  M""  Gardiner,  am  told  is  engaged  in  reviewing  "  Bow- 
dens  Letters  on  Episcopacy"  for  the  monthly  Anthology,  am 
happy  to  see  the  publication  of  that  letter  in  the  Churchmans 
Magazine  of  that  Letter  written  to  Revd  M""  G,  which  was 

[  148  J 


JOHN  ROWE  PARKER 

not  inserted  in  their  Anthology.  With  my  best  respe(5ls  to 
Rt  Revd  Bishop  Moore 

Am  Sir  Your  most  obd' 

J  R  Parker 

Superscription: 

Rev'd  John  Henry  Hobart 

Assistant  Minister  Trinity  Church  New  York 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Munroe,  Francis  &  Parker. 

The  firm  was  formed  early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  and  became 
one  of  the  best  known  in  Boston.  Samuel  H.  Parker,  as  is  evident 
from  the  letter  of  J.  R.  Parker  of  May  20,  1809,  was  also  at  this 
period  a  member  of  the  firm.  It  published  the  first  American  editions 
of  Shakespeare's  works.  It  is  traditional  that  the  partners  set  the  type 
themselves  for  three  editions.  The  firm  was  afterwards  Munroe  & 
Francis.  In  1833  they  published  the  first  American  edition  of  "  Mother 
Goose's  Melodies."  They  also  issued  a  number  of  the  best  children's 
books  of  the  time,  both  English  and  American.  Charles  S.  Francis, 
a  son  of  David  Francis,  an  original  partner,  formed  a  partnership 
in  New  York  City  with  his  brother,  David  G.  Francis,  a  firm  which 
existed  until  recently. 

Joh)i  Bowden's  Letters. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  468. 

The  Monthly  Anthology. 

The  review  to  which  Mr.  Parker  alludes  was  prepared,  and  appeared 
in  "The  Monthly  Anthology  "  for  December,  1808,  January,  Febru- 
ary, and  April,  1809.  The  opening  paragraph  is: 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

"Every  liberal  and  enlightened  Christian  of  whatever  persuasion, 
will  readilv  acknowledge,  that  whosoever  believes  in  the  Saviour  and 
makes  his  Gospel  the  rule  of  his  life  will  be  accepted  ;  and  that  at  his 
great  Day  of  final  retribution  no  enquiry  will  be  made  to  what  sect 
Me  may  have  belonged  or  what  mode  of  worship  we  may  have  im- 
braced.  If  these  then  are  the  objects  of  inferior  consideration,  we  may 
justly  express  our  surprise,  at  the  importance  many  attach  to  creeds 
and  forms,  for  the  belief  and  adoption  of  which  no  man  can,  in  reality 
be  either  the  better  or  worse.  In  affairs  of  indifference,  it  is  perhaps  the 
wisest  way  to  persevere  in  the  mode  of  worship,  in  which  we  have 
been  educated,  whether  it  be  Presbyterian,  Congregational,  or  Epis- 
copalian. But  though  we  profess  ourselves  ^holh^  uninterested  in  the 
present  controversy,  yet  as  we  have  reviewed  the  work  of  Dr.  Miller, 
the  impardality  which  we  boast,  compels  us  to  do  the  same  justice  to 
Dr.  Bowden.  We  shall  state  as  concisely  as  possible  the  sentiments  of 
the  writer,  and  not  like  some  other  critics  make  ourselves  parties  in 
the  dispute  iioii  jwsfritni  est  taiitas  componere  lites.'''' 

Letter  to  The  Monthly  Anthology  in  The  Churchman's  Maga- 
zine. 

The  letter  to  which  Mr.  Parker  alludes  as  having  appeared  in  "The 
Churchman's  Magazine"  was  published  in  volume  v,  on  pages  388 
and  466,  with  the  following  preface : 

' '  The  following  letter  was  sent  for  insertion  in  the  Monthlj'  An- 
thology, published  at  Boston,  shortly  after  the  appearance  of  the  re- 
view on  which  it  animadverts.  It  has  not  appeared  in  that  miscellany  ; 
and  the  Editor  is  therefore  constrained,  in  justice  to  himself,  and  to 
what  he  conceives  the  cause  of  truth,  to  insert  it  in  the  Churchman's 
Magazine.  The  Monthlv  Anthology  has  gi\en  extensive  currency  to 
misrepresentations  of  Episcopal  principles  and  to  fallacious  reasonings 
against  them,  which  it  is  necessary  to  expose.  The  Editor  has  only 
to  fear,  that  some  of  his  readers  will  think  too  large  a  portion  of  the 
present  number  devoted  to  a  controverted  subject;  but  he  trusts  the 
circumstances  of  his  being  unable  to  procure  a  place  for  this  letter  in 
the  miscellany  for  which  it  was  designed,  will  be  accepted  as  an  apology 
for  its  appearing  in  the  present  work." 
Before  the  second  instalment,  on  page  466,  this  note  was  inserted : 
"A  desire  to  contract  as  much  as  possible  the  following  Letter,  has 

c  150 : 


JOHN  ROWE  PARKER 

led  to  the  omission  of  some  passages  of  the  original,  as  intended  for 
publication  in  'The  Monthly  Anthology.'" 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 


i:  151  ;] 


JOHN  H.  JACOCKS 

MR.  Jacocks  A^as  born  in  North  Carolina,  February  24,  1778. 
After  a  thorough  preparation  he  entered  Yale  College  in  1795. 
He  pursued  the  course  A\ith  credit  until  shortly  before  the  gradua- 
tion of  the  class,  when  he  married,  and  consequently  was  precluded 
from  receiving  a  degree.  He  settled  in  New  Haven,  where  he  became 
a  dry  goods  merchant  and  afterwards  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the 
collector  of  the  port  of  New  Haven.  He  was  a  Churdiman  of  strong 
convictions,  aggressive  when  many  were  content  to  be  passive.  He 
believed  in  the  power  of  the  printed  page  to  instruct  and  convert. 
He  planned  a  society  which  should  be  to  Connecticut  and  the  whole 
Church  in  America  what  the  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  Know- 
ledge had  been  to  England.  He  gathered  a  company  of  laymen  and 
clergymen  like-minded,  and  on  October  31, 1808,  there  was  organized 
in  New  Haven  a  society  with  the  name  of  its  English  prototype,  under 
the  presidency  of  Bishop  Jarvis  and  with  Mr.  Jacocks  as  secretary. 
Mr.  Jacocks  took  a  prominent  and  energetic  part  in  the  controversy 
with  Congregationalism  and  wrote  many  pamphlets,  squibs,  and 
handbills.  Some  of  them  are  thought  to  show  an  unbalanced  mind.  He 
died  in  Westville,  near  New  Haven,  August  4,  1848,  in  the  sevent)^- 
first  year  of  his  age.  In  1799  Mr.  Jacocks  married  Eunice,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Abel  Burritt  of  New  Haven.  She  died  December  25, 
1801,  at  the  age  of  twenty.  For  his  second  wife  he  married  Sally, 
another  daughter  of  Deacon  Burritt ;  she  died  September  16,  1826,  in 
her  forty-sixth  year.  He  married  for  his  third  wife,  August  19,  1839, 
Grace,  a  daughter  of  Elijah  Thompson  of  Westville,  and  the  widow 
of  Dr.  Elijah  Monson  of  New  Haven.  He  had  three  children  by  his 
first  wife  and  several  by  his  second.  Among  them  were  Abel  B.  Ja- 
cocks, who  was  a  lawyer  in  New  Haven,  and  James  G.  Jacocks,  a 
graduate  of  Trinity  College  in  1847,  who  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop 
Ives  of  North  Carolina,  January  27,  1850,  and  spent  his  ministry 
principally  in  that  diocese,  Maryland,  New  Jersey,  and  Connecticut. 
He  died  April  26,  1885.  For  many  particulars  concerning  Mr.  Jacocks 
the  editor  is  indebted  to  Dr.  Franklin  B.  Dexter,  the  historiographer 
of  Yale  College. 


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JOHN  H.  JACOCKS 

[  From  John  H  .  Jacocks  ] 

New  Haven  Dec'.  22"!  1808. 

Rev^°  Doctor  Hobart. 
D^SiR, 

THE  Committee  of  publication  of  the  Society  for  the  pro- 
motion of  Christian  Knowledge,  after  examining  the 
work  you  put  into  my  hands  upon  the  Church  service,  con- 
template its  re-publication ;  presuming,  from  the  observations 
made  to  me,  that  you  will  not  be  displeased  with  their  inten- 
tion. You  will  please  make  such  additions  or  alterations,  as 
you  may  think  proper;  &  as  soon  as  convenient  forward  them 
to  the  Committee.  You  may  possibly  believe  that  the  work 
may  be  improved,  by  adding  a  few  remarks  on  the  necessity 
of  forms,  and  on  the  inconveniences  arising  from  extemporary 
prayers.  Will  it  be  necessary  to  retain  that  part,  which  treats 
which  treats  of  a  third  or  evening  Service.''  It  must  be  well 
known  to  you,  that  an  evening  Service  is  not  attended  in  this 
State.  It  is  believed  that  you  will  not  consider  this  condu6l 
of  the  Committee  as  presuming  to  di6late  to  Do6tor  H.,  but 
rather,  as  a  suggestion,  which  if  regarded,  in  our  opinion, 
would  enhance  its  value,  by  extending  its  circulation  in  our 
State.  They  would  just  state,  that  y'.'  Magazine  is  viewed  by 
them,  as  entitled  to  their  warmest  approbation,  &  that  it  shall 
receive  their  utmost  support.  On  behalf  of  the  Committee,  Yrs 
very  respe6lfully, 

John  H  Jacocks 


It  is  well  ascertained,  that  about  1.50  persons,  many  of  them 
wealthy  respe6lable  heads  of  families,  in  various  parts  of  this 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

State,  within  2  &  3  Months  have  conformed  to  the  Episcopal 
Church.  Y'' 

JHJ 

Superscription: 

Rev'"'-  Doctor  Hobart  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Christian  Knozvledge. 
This  society,  projected  by  Mr.  Jacocks,  was  intended  principally  for 
laymen.  Its  constitution  was  carefully  drawn  to  express  its  purpose, 
which  was  to  publish  and  circulate  at  low  prices,  books  and  tracts 
giving  clear  ideas  as  to  the  nature  of  the  Christian  Church,  the  Book 
of  Common  Prayer,  and  the  religious  life.  It  also  proposed  to  print 
cheap  and  convenient  editions  of  the  Holy  Bible  and  the  Book  of  Com- 
mon Praj'er.  It  was  formally  organized  at  New  Haven,  October  31, 
1808.  The  Bishop  of  the  diocese  was  ex-ojficio  president.  One  dollar 
was  to  be  paid  by  each  member  on  subscribing  to  the  constitution,  and 
one  dollar  annually.  Theenthusiasmof  Mr.  Jacocks  seems  to  have  been 
the  chief  factor  in  giving  it  a  vigorous  existence.  While  it  did  a  very 
necessary  work  and  showed  what  a  lay  organization  could  accomplish, 
its  membership  was  not  sufficiently  large,  or  distributed  through  every 
part  of  the  diocese,  to  make  its  influence  as  fully  felt  as  was  antici- 
pated by  its  founders.  In  1813  the  failure  of  a  proposed  missionary 
society  to  be  organized  by  the  diocese  and  the  final  rejection  of  the  plans 
of  a  committee  originally  appointed,  led  the  manager  of  the  Christian 
Knowledge  Society  to  offer  to  the  Convention  its  funds  \\\i\\  an  agree- 
ment to  dissolve,  provided  the  diocese  formed  a  new  general  society 
with  the  same  name,  adding  to  its  purposes  the  prosecution  of  the 
missionary  work  of  the  diocese.  This  generous  action  was  approved  by 
the  Convention  in  1817. 

The  new  society  was  chartered  in  1818  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Connecticut,  under  the  title  of ' '  The  Trustees  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Christian  KnoM'ledge."  Among  the 
trustees  were  Charles  Sigourney,  Samuel  Tudor,  Jr.,  and  William 
McCrackan.  It  entered  at  once  upon  an  intelligent  survey  of  the  needs 

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JOHN  H.  JACOCKS 

of  the  diocese,  although  it  continued  the  publication  of  books  and 
tracts.  In  1822  it  began  its  actual  missionary  work,  which  was  con- 
tinued by  faithful  men  in  every  part  of  Connecticut,  and  \\  ith  in- 
creasing resources,  until  in  1866  the  name  was  changed  to  "The  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut,"  by  which  the  work 
has  since  been  conducted  w  ith  efficiency  and  large  results. 

Publications  of  the  Christian  Knowledge  Society. 

The  first  publication  of  the  society  was  issued  with  this  title-page : 

"The  Trial  of  the  Spirits:  A  Seasonable  Caution  against  Spiritual 
Delusion,  by  Charles  Daubeny,  D.D.,  also  A  Companion  for  the  Book 
of  Common  Prayer,  containing  an  Explanation  of  the  Service.  B_v  the 
Rev.  John  Henrv  Hobart,  D.D.  Published  by  the  Society  for  the  Pro- 
motion of  Christian  Knowledge.  New  Haven  :  Printed  by  Oliver  Steele 
and  Co.  1809." 

The  volume  contained  this  address: 

"The  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Christian  Knowledge,  is  com- 
posed of  persons  who  belong  to  the  Church.  It  was  originally  proposed 
by  persons  who  are  well  informed  in  her  doctrines,  and  sincerely  at- 
tached to  her  interests  and  prosperity.  Their  own  well  grounded  satis- 
faction, that  the  doctrines  of  the  Church  are  the  genuine  dictates  of 
the  Gospel,  causes  in  them  an  earnest  desire  to  propagate  among  their 
brethren  in  general,  such  means  of  information  as  may  establish  them 
in  doctrines  which  are  according  to  true  Godliness  and  persuade  them 
to  vital  piety  and  the  practice  of  every  moral  and  religious  duty. This 
being  the  entire  object  of  the  Society,  it  cannot  therefore  be  justly  liable 
to  any  imputation  of  either  wishing  or  fomenting  contro\ersies.  Di- 
recting their  attention  wholly  to  their  own  Church,  it  is  evidently  their 
object  to  remove  from  among  their  brethren  specious  pretences  for  di- 
versity of  opinion ;  and  to  bring  them  by  a  conscience  duly  enlightened 
to  see  and  feel  the  sacred  force  of  the  Apostle's  injunction,  to  be  all  of 
one  mind,  and  to  make  it  their  unremitting  endeavor  to  keep  the  Unity 
of  the  Spirit  in  the  bond  of  Peace. 

The  reformed  American  Church  in  the  United  States  is  a  branch 
of  that  venerable  reformed  Episcopacy,  the  Church  of  England.  As  the 
legitimate  offspring  and  inheritor  of  her  Reformation,  we  rightfully 
adopt  the  judicious  remark  of  one  of  her  learned  Bishops  as  a  \\  ell 
established  fact :  ' Our  reformers  folloued  no  human  authority ;  they 

[  ^55 : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

had  recourse  to  the  Scriptures,  as  their  guide,  and  the  consequence 
has  been  what  might  have  been  expected,  that  our  Articles  and  Liturgy 
do  not  exactly  correspond  with  the  sentiments  of  any  of  the  eminent 
reformers  upon  the  Continent.  Our  Church  is  not  Lutheran — It  is  not 
Calvinistic  —  It  is  not  Arminian  — It  is  Scriptural. '  In  the  belief  of  this 
truth  it  is  our  hope  and  trust  that  God  M-ill  protect  the  Church  which 
professes  his  word  for  her  guide,  amid  the  troubles  which  may  arise 
from  such  as  seek  to  misrepresent  her  faith,  or  disturb  her  peace. 
Built  on  the  foundation  of  prophets  and  Apostles,  Jesus  Christ  him- 
self being  the  Chief  Cornerstone,  our  Church  calls  no  man  Father. 
To  the  Calvinist  she  opposes  the  doctrine  of  universal  redemption,  and 
grace  sincerely  and  freely  offered  to  all  men.  Art.  15th  and  31st.  To 
the  Pelagians  the  doctrine  that  all  men  are  corrupted  and  far  gone  from 
original  righteousness,  and  naturally  inclined  to  evil.  Art.  9th.  To  the 
Antinomians  the  necessity  of  good  A\orks which  spring  out  of  a  true 
faith  and  are  pleasing  to  God,  although  there  is  no  merit  in  them, 
and  our  acceptance  proceeds  from  the  death  and  atonement  of  Christ. 
Art.  1 1th  and  12th.  Tothose  who  assert  that  all  professions  and  modes 
of  Morship  are  equally  pleasing  to  God,  she  explicitly  declares  that 
they  are  to  be  had  accursed,  that  presume  to  say  that  every  man  shall 
be  saved  b}'  the  law  or  sect  that  he  professeth,  so  that  he  be  diligent 
to  frame  his  life  according  to  that  law.  Art.  18th.  In  opposition  to  the 
doctrine  of  the  Romanist,  she  teaches  that  we  are  accounted  righteous 
before  God,  only  for  the  merit  of  our  Lord  and  Sa\iour  by  faith,  and 
not  for  our  own  works  or  deserving.  Art.  11th,  and  that  works  of  super- 
erogation cannot  be  taught  without  arrogance  and  impiety.  Art.  14th. 
"What  would  have  been  the  condition  of  Man,  had  he  been  left  in 
the  state  in  which  original  transgression  placed  him,  is  a  speculative 
inquiry  of  no  very  essential  importance,  since  it  is  done  away  by  re- 
demption ;  and  by  the  covenant  of  grace  in  Christ  he  is  put  upon  an- 
other footing.  In  his  first  state,  man  stood  only  on  the  relation  of  Crea- 
ture to  his  Creator.  In  the  second,  hestands  a  sinner,  under  the  banner 
of  a  Saviour,  dependant  on  his  mercies,  and  shielded  by  his  merits.  Our 
primary  and  great  concern  then  is  to  know  what  are  the  favorsof  which 
Christ  is  the  donor,  and  the  blessings  to  which  we  are  made  heirs  by 
his  purchase.  Considering  these  as  comprehending  all  the  essential 
points  of  faith  and  practice,  the  attention  of  the  Committee  of  Publica- 
tion will  be  directed  to  select  according  to  their  best  judgment,  and  pub- 
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JOHN  H.  JACOCKS 

lish  as  far  as  their  funds  will  allo\\ ,  such  pamphlets  and  small  treatises, 
or  extracts  from  larger  works,  as  are  acknow  ledged  to  be  well  written, 
anddowell  explain  the  doctrinesand  duties  which  are  peculiarly  Chris- 
tian or  which  arise  from  tliose  facts  and  relations  which  the  Christian 
revelation  has  made  known  to  us :  In  particular  those  duties  a\  hich 
we  owe  to  the  se\  eral  persons  of  the  Holy  Trinit}-,  for  the  inestimable 
blessings  of  redemption.  Some  dissertations  of  the  office  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  the  ordinary  method  of  his  operation,  in  the  divine  work  of 
forming  the  true  Christian,  together  with  others  on  the  Liturgy  which 
illustrate  its  excellence  and  evince  the  pre-eminent  advantages  of  that 
mode  of  divine  worship,  will  carry  into  eft'ect  the  substance  of  what 
was  originally  proposed. 

"In  the  opinion  of  the  Committee  the  Companion  of  the  Prayer 
Book  and  Mr.  Daubeny's  three  discourses  on  the  Trial  of  the  Spirits 
are  sufficient,  and  both  of  them  very  proper  for  the  first  publication. 
The  former  is  a  judicious  compilation  from  the  most  eminent  litur- 
gical writers,  and  a  good  help  to  the  understanding  of  the  service  and 
ritual  of  the  Church.  The  latter  on  the  agency  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  are 
^■ery  seasonable  to  check  the  iminformed  pretensions  of  the  enthusiast, 
and  to  stir  up  the  lukewarm  to  a  just  and  animating  sense  of  redeem- 
ing love,  and  to  fix  in  both  correct  ideas  on  this  important  subject." 

The  Churchman's  Magazifie. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  prospec- 
tus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 


[   157  : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Kemp  ] 

Rev°  &  Dear  Sir, 

THIS  covers  another  letter  to  D.'  Miller,  and  yields  me 
another  opportunity  of  expressing  my  aft'e6lion  for  you 
&  of  renewing  that  heart  felt  comfort  and  delight  which  I  have 
in  intercourse  with  you.  All  ground  of  disquietude  in  your 
mind,  I  hope  is  removed.  Truly  sorry  should  I  be,  to  find  that 
any  occurrence  should  prey  upon  your  spirits  or  render  you 
less  capable,  of  that  vigorous  exertion,  so  much  needed  &  so 
beneficial  to  our  excellent  cause. 

Dr  Kewley 's  visit  to  Conne6licut  has  deprived  the  Church  of 
Maryland  of  his  talents  and  labors.  He  has  resigned,  &  I  am 
told  goes  to  Conne6licut,  next  month.  But  I  have  not  heard, 
where  he  is  to  settle. 

I  heard  of  your  friend  M":  Beasley's  being  in  Baltimore.  I 
wish  he  had  taken  the  Eastern  shore  on  his  way.  I  have  been 
told,  that  his  success  is  doubtful.  He  is  said  not  to  be  orator 
enough  for  them. They  look  for  &  will  not  be  pleased  with  any 
thing  but  fine  sounds  &  graceful  motions.  And  for  my  part, 
I  have  never  thought  the  situation  desireable.  I  have  little  doubt 
but  they  would  receive  D.'  M — re  willingly,  but  I  do  not  think 
they  would  like  him  long. 

All  is  quietness  and  peace  here  at  present,  but  when  Sum- 
mer returns  we  may  look  for  another  Campaign  of  Camp- 
Meetings. 


c  158 : 


JAMES  KEMP 

Be  so  good  as  to  present  my  tenderest  respe6ls  to  Mr-Ho- 
bart  &  believe  me  to  be  yours  sincerely 

Ja'  Kemp. 

Cambridge  [/or//]  l  1   1809. 
Superscription  : 

The  RevPD|<John  Henry  Hobart,  New  York. 

PoJtmiirkt-(^: 
Cambridge  M'' 
Janv  izl!} 


ANNOTATIONS 

Samuel  Miller. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  394. 

John  Kewley. 

See  sketch  uhich  precedes  his  letter  of  October  8,  1812. 

Frederic  Beasley. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  325. 

Richard  Channing  Moore. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  25,  1814, 


I  ^r,9  J 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[From  Aaron  Ogden] 

Elizabeth  Town  Janv  I  z'.^  1 809 

Rev°  &  DEAR  Sir 

I  THANK  you  for  your  obliging  letter  of  the  9'!^  instant 
and  for  the  interest  you  have  taken  in  my  behalf. 
In  consequence  of  a  like  wish  expressed  by  M'  John  R.  Liv- 
ingston to  M"^  J.  H.  Lawrence  I  have  called  on  M'^  Livingstone 
at  his  house — the  result  of  which  has  been  that  we  have  come 
to  a  fair  arrangement,  by  which  the  Steam  Boat  will  always 
call  at  Elizabeth-Town  point,  this  will  I  hope  prove  very  satis- 
factory to  yourself  &  the  public  generally,  and  prove  to  be 
a  matter  of  important  benefit  to  the  Communication  between 
New  Jersey  and  New  York. 

With  best  respe6t  to  M'^^  Hobart  &  Children  in  which  M''* 
Ogden  aflfedlionately  joins 

I  am  yours,  very  sincerely 

Aaron  Ogden. 

Please  to  consider  this  letter  as  confidential, untill  I  shall  again 
see  M'  Livingstone,  which  will  be  in  a  few  days  as  I  hope. 

Superscription  : 

Rev?  Doct  John  Henry  Hobart  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

John  R.  Livingsto7i. 

John  R.  Livingstonw  asamemberof  thewell-knownNew  York  family, 
and  associated  ^^•ith  his  brother,  Chancellor  Livingston,  and  Robert 
Fulton  in  his  management  of  the  steamboats.  By  an  act  of  the  legis- 
lature they  A\ere  gi\en  a  monopoly  of  navigation  by  steam  for  thirty 
years.  On  page  546  of  her ' '  History  of  New  York, ' '  Mrs.  Lamb  says 
of  the  Livingston  house  : 

L  160  ] 


AARON  OGDEN 

"The  beautiful  estates  of  the  \  arious  members  of  the  Livingston 
family  on  the  shores  of  the  Hudson  at  this  period  would  have  made 
a  village  of  villas,  indeed,  if  they  could  ha\e  been  collected.  John  R. 
Li\ingston  disputed  with  his  brother,  the  Chancellor,  the  honor  of  ha\- 
ing  the  show  place;  his  stately  house  covered  so  much  ground,  and 
was  esteemed  so  perfect  in  architectural  symmetry,  that  drawing- 
masters  made  sketches  of  it  and  gave  it  to  their  pupils  to  copy.  The 
design  Mas  by  Brunei,  after  the  chateau  of  Beaumarchais  in  France. 
His  establishment  in  the  city  was  unrivaled  for  stjle, and  both  him- 
self and  family  mingled  in  fashionable  life  with  great  zest." 

Jonathan  Hampton  Laurence. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  309, 

Ferry  and  Creek  Boats. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  180. 

Elizabeth  Ogden. 
For  notice  see  page  64. 


I    161    -] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Elias  Bayley  Dayton  ] 

Eliz'.''  Town  21'.  JanX  1809 

Dear  Sir, 

I  HAVE  been  for  a  considerable  time  in  the  expe6lation  of 
visiting  the  City  or  otherwise  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of 
the  28'.''  Dec':  should  have  been  sooner  acknowledged.  I  shall 
probably  see  you  next  week  &  therefore  defer  saying  any- 
thing on  the  subje6l  of  your  letter  until  that  time.  Your  friends 
here  are  well.  Remember  me  to  Goodin  &  believe  me  truly 
Your  friend  &  SerY' 

E.  B.  Dayton 
The  Rev?  Mr.  Hobart. 

Superscription : 

The  RevPDoct^  Hobart  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


[  162  ;] 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

[  From  Joseph  Grove  John'  Bend  ] 

Bait?  Febv  11.1809 

Rev.  &  DEAR  Sir, 

IT  is  a  long  time  since  I  received  your  letter  of  the  19th 
06lf,  which  I  would  have  sooner  answered,  but  I  could 
not  well  spare,  at  one  sitting,  as  much  time  as  it  required. 

I  will  begin  witli  that  part  of  it,  which  respe6ls  our  Friend 
Beasley.  I  am  sorry  we  gave  him  the  trouble  of  coming  so 
far,  as  I  very  much  fear  he  will  not  be  ele6led.  In  vain  do  we 
mention  his  character,  his  parts,  &  acquirements:  He  has  not 
that  eloquence, which  was  expe6led,&  he  will  not  do.  Indeed 
I  have  been  very  much  disappointed  \^toni']  in  this  last  re- 
speft,  &  think  his  manner  of  preaching  has  undergone  a  radi- 
cal change.  I  was  a  little  alarmed,  when  I  ob-  \^torn']  your  si- 
lence on  this  head;  but  I  ascribed  it  to  accident.  All  this  is 
between  ourselves;  for  as  he  may  turn  out  to  be  the  best 
within  our  reach,  &  may  therefore  be  ele6led,  it  would  be 
very  unpleasant  to  have  any  of  them  divulged. 

The  vestry,  solicitous  to  obtain  a  minister,  who  may  answer 
as  generally  as  possible  the  wishes  of  the  people,  &  having 
heard,  that  there  is  some  young  clergyman,  frequently  at  New 
York,  said  to  be  very  promising,  have  requested  of  me  to  en- 
quire of  you  his  name,  residence,  charafter,  &  qualifications, 
assuring  you,  that  what  you  may  say  shall  be  in  confidence.  I 
have  heard  the  gentleman's  name,  but  have  forgotten  it;  yet 
I  think  it  is  Chapman,  or  something  like  it,  &;  that  he  comes 
from  Jersey.  If  you  should  be  of  opinion,  that  he  will  not 
answer  us,  be  so  good  as  to  mention  any  other  clergyman 
within  your  knowledge,  who  you  believe  may  be  acceptable. 
Do  not  fail  to  let  me  have  an  answer  to  this  part  of  my  letter 
at  least,  by  Saturday,  the  1 8th  Ins*. 

C  ^«3  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

I  would  advise  you  to  appoint  Mess?Coale  &  Thomas,  book- 
sellers of  this  city,  as  your  agents  for  Baltimore.  You  may 
confidently  rely  on  them :  Mr  C  was  my  neighbour,  &  regis- 
ter of  the  city,  when  you  were  here  ;  &  I  think  you  may  count, 
upon  his  being  stimulated  by  more  than  pecuniary  interest,  to 
the  procuring  of  subscriptions,  in  which  I  shall  also  assist  them. 
Mess?  Swords  may  send  all  the  magazines  to  me,  as  hereto- 
fore; &  I  will  distribute  the  parcels,  according  to  their  des- 
tination. Let  those,  to  whom  I  send,  transmit  to  me  the  neat 
proceeds  of  their  respe6live  lists,  and  after  dedu6ling  my  ex- 
pences  &  your  allowance  to  the  convention,  I  will  remit  the 
residue  to  you  or  your  publishers.  It  will  be  proper,  of  course, 
that  I  should  know  the  number  of  copies  sent  to  the  other 
agents. 

From  what  I  have  said  above,  you  may  perceive,  that  I  have 
no  objection  to  be  considered  the  General  Agent  for  Mary- 
land, but  that,  if  you  follow  my  advice,  you  will  make  Coale 
&  Thomas  your  agents  for  Baltimore.  In  other  respe6ls,  my 
plan  accords  with  your  wishes. 

It  is  necessary,  that  I  should  say  something  in  answer  to  your 
proposalof  giving  me  some  religious  tracts  &c.You  have  fixed 
the  price  of  your  magazine  too  low, and  you  give  near  25  fcent 
commissions.  You  cannot  afford  to  increase  your  expenses.  I 
shall  therefore  only  reimburse  myself  what  I  advance:  The 
trouble,  which  I  shall  have,  on  the  proposed  plan,  will  be  tri- 
fling. What  has  become  of  the  fourth  number.''  It  ought  to 
have  been  here  long  ago.  As  you  must  depend  upon  the  pack- 
ets for  a  conveyance,  I  would  advise  you  to  get  out  the  last 
number  of  every  year  so  early,  that  it  may  get  here  by  the 
middle  of  December;  and  then  your  subscribers  will  patiently 
wait,  if  the  first  number  of  the  next  year  be  detained,  in  con- 
sequence of  the  continuance  of  the  ice. 

C    164   ] 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

I  got  the  journals  &  all  the  other  pamphlets,  &  a  copy  of  the 
hymns;  for  which  present  my  thanks. 

I  hope  that  Mrs  Hobart  and  the  children  are  well.  Mrs  Bend 
&  mine  are  in  good  condition,  &  join  in  respe6lful  remem- 
brances with, 

Rev.  &  dear  Sir 

Your  affe6l^  friend  &  brother, 

Joseph  G.  J.  Bend 

Superscription  : 

The  RevP  D^  Hobart,  Greenwich  Street,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Frederic  Be  as  ley. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  325. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Vokime  V,  page  343. 

Coale  &  Thomas. 

According  to  the  Directory  of  the  city  of  Baltimore  for  1814-15,  Ed- 
ward J.  Coale  was  then  at  176  Baltimore  Street.  In  1819  he  had  re- 
moved to  4  and  4^  Calvert  Street.  He  was  one  of  the  managers  of 
the  Washington  Monument  Association.  He  published  short-lived 
periodicals,  "The  Portico,"  " The  Kaleidoscope, "  " The  Baltimore 
Visitor,"  and  "The  Literary  Visitor,"  the  first  of  which  numbered 
among  its  contributors  Edward  C.  Pinkney  and  Francis  Scott  Key. 

Thomas  aiid  James  Swords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

C    i«5   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Hym7is  adopted  by  the  General  Convention ,  1808. 
The  allusion  is  to  the  additional  hymns  set  forth  by  the  General  Con- 
vention of  1808,  for  notice  of  which  see  page  34. 

Mary  B.  Bend. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  384. 


C    166   J 


JOSEPH  JACKSON 

[  From  Joseph  Jackson  ] 

Feb.  16.  1809. 

My  dear  friend, 

I  Lament,  that  whenever  a  private  opportunity  occurs  for 
writing  to  you,  it  is  so  unforeseen  &  hurried,  that  I  can 
have  no  satisfa6lion  in  writing.  Our  friend  Kewley  ( who  has 
conceived  a  very  just  liking  to  your  part  of  the  Union )  has 
paid  us  at  length  an  unexpe6led  visit,  &  I  wish  to  remit  some- 
thing for  the  Magazine  by  him.  You  will  receive  by  him  fif- 
teen dollars,  which  with  thirty  remitted  at  different  times — 
viz  |i4  74"'.  balance  credited  from  N.  Haven  $10  by  post 
June  16,  1808  &  $5-26  by  M'  Bissell  Sept.  19,  1808,  will 
bring  something  forward  into  the  current  year.  If  the  tracts 
(from  England)  have  not  arrived, you  will  be  able  to  appro- 
priate the  ^10,  remitted  by  M'^  Hawley  in  April  1808,  towards 
the  Magazine.  This  I  merely  suggest,  as  an  apology  for  not 
sending  up  more  money  at  this  time  for  the  magazine.  I  would 
certainly  have  done  it,  had  not  the  embargo  rendered  it  next 
to  impossible  for  me  to  spare  more  as  I  desire  to  leave  money 
in  your  hands  for  the  tra6ls  or  any  other  books  which  you 
may  see  desirable  for  me.  I  beg  you  not  to  decline  your  kind 
attention  in  this  way. 

Another  reason  for  this  imperfe6l  remittance  is,  that  I  apply 
for  no  advance  for  the  current  year,  till  I  furnish  my  subscrib- 
ers with  the  last  number  for  1 808,  which  has  not  yet  arrived. 

The  loss  of  some  subscribers  in  the  adjoining  parishes  in 
consequence  of  new  agents  within  those  respe6live  parishes, 
makes  me  unable  to  demand  more  for  my  own  Parish  &  St. 
Michael's  than  the  present  number,  of  26  copies.  D'  Kemp 
(whom  I  formerly  supplied)  now  applies  for  his  own  parish, 
&  to  St.  Paul's  Parish  in  Q.  Anne's  County,  ( where  I  had  two 

:  167 : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

other  subscribers )  you  will  be  pleased  to  order  ten  copies,  to 
be  forwarded  by  Baltimore  to  the  care  of  Ml  Thomas  Earle 
merch'.  in  Queen's  Town,  Q  Anne's  County  beginning  with 
Jany  1 809.  From  two  other  parishes,  where  I  left  subscription 
papers,  I  have  yet  received  no  returns.  I  regret  the  small 
success  to  be  met  with — in  these  troublous  times,  these  luke- 
warm days; — but  perseverance  may  still  accomplish  some- 
thing. My  sickness  last  Autumn  was  a  great  hinderance  to  my 
progress. 

I  have  sent  more  than  once  to  Baltimore  for  your  Compan- 
ion to  the  Altar,  &  I  have  understood  that  hardly  a  copy  was 
to  be  had.  Is  there  not  a  call  for  a  new  Edition  &  Ml  Howe's 
answer  to  D:  Miller  I  found  likewise  was  not  to  be  had.  Dl 
Bowden's  I  have  obtained.  I  congratulate  you  on  such  friends 
in  your  vicinity.  My  Howe's  introdu6lion  into  the  ministry  I  re- 
joice at.  I  have  scrawled,  till  I  am  weary  &  ashamed;  there- 
fore, till  a  better  opportunity,  adieu! 

Dear  Sir,  your  very  affectionate 
friend  &  brother 

Jos.  Jackson 

P.S.  I  hope  that  extreme  admirable  occupation  has  not  en- 
tirely excluded  me  from  your  thoughts  that  I  never  hear  from 
you. 

J.J. 

Supericription : 

The  RevP  D?  Hobart,  New  York. 
Kind  attention 
The  ReVi  J.  Kewley. 


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JOSEPH  JACKSON 

ANNOTATIONS 

John  Kewley. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  October  8, 1812. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Mr.  Bissell. 

It  has  been  impossible  to  identify  this  gentleman. 

William  Hazvley. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  255. 

Religious  Trails. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  195. 

James  Kemp. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  336. 

Thomas  Earle. 

Mr.  Earle  ma}-  be  Thomas,  a  son  of  the  Hon.  Richard  Earle  of  Kent, 
and  a  descendant  of  James  Earle  of  Craglethorpe,  England,  who  set- 
tled in  Maryland  in  1683.  His  brother,  Richard  Earle,  was  for  twenty- 
five  years  chief  judge  of  the  second  judicial  district  of  Maryland. 

Hobart's  Companion  for  the  Altar. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  460,  and  Volume  V,  page  168. 

Thomas  Tardley  How. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 

Samuel  Miller. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  394. 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

John  Bowden. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  August  15,  1809. 

May  Chatnberlahie. 

In  addition  to  what  has  been  said  on  page  523  of  Volume  V,  these  ad- 
ditional facts  concerning  May  Chamberlaine  and  her  family  will  prove 
of  interest. 

One  of  the  earliest  records  of  the  Chamberlaine  family  in  Talbot 
County,  Maryland,  is  found  on  a  mural  tablet  in  Christ  Church,  St. 
Michael's  :  "In  memory  of  John  Chamberlaine,  who  departed  this  life 
June  1,  1721,  in  the  thirty-first  year  of  his  age."  It  also  bears  hiscoat- 
of-arms,  which  is  a  shield  on  a  lion  skin  surrounded  by  eight  stars. 
The  familywas  prominent  socially  and  politically  at  "Plain  Dealing," 
which  was  their  ancestral  home.  The  following  inscriptions  are  in  the 
private  burying-ground  on  the  estate : 

"In  Memory  of  Col.  Thomas  Chamberlaine  of  Talbot  County, 
Eldest  son  of  Samuel  and  Henrietta  Maria  Chamberlaine,  w  ho  died 
May  13,  1764.  Aged  33  jears.  This  stone  is  erected  by  his  Sorrowful 
Widow,  Susanna  Chamberlaine. 

"  Underneath  lieth  intered  the  Body  of  Mrs.  Henrietta  Maria  Cham- 
berlaine, late  wife  of  Mr.  Samuel  Chamberlaine  and  eldest  daughter 
of  Col.  James  Lloyd  of  Talbot  County.  She  Departed  this  life  on  the 
29th  Day  of  March,  1748,  Aged  thirty  Seven  Years,  Two  Months 
and  three  Days."  [Historic  Graves  of  Maryland^  p.  210.] 

From  George  A.  Hanson's"  Old  Kent :  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland," 
page  288,  we  learn  that  Thomas  Chamberlaine,  born  1658,  married 
Ann  Penketh. 

Samuel  Chamberlaine  of  Plain  Dealing,  Talbot  County,  born  May 
17,  1697,  married  Henrietta  Maria  Lloyd,  January  22,  1729,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  James  Lloyd  and  Ann  Grundy.  He  died  April  30,  1773. 

Samuel  Chamberlaine,  born  August  23,  1742,  married  Henrietta 
MariaHollyday,  January  15, 1772,  and  had  issue,  Anna  Maria,  Lloyd, 
May,  Sarah  Hollyday,  Hannah  Rebecca,  Samuel,  and  James  Lloyd. 
This  second  daughter,  May,  was  the  one  alluded  to  by  Joseph  Jack- 
son, and  whose  death  occurred  in  October,  1807. 

To  R.  Lloyd  Chamberlaine  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  the  present 
representative  of  the  family,  the  Editor  is  indebted  for  the  additional 
information  that  follows. 

C  170  J 


JOSEPH  JACKSON 

From  an  article  in  the  " Baltimore  Sun  "  for  Sunday,  June  21,  1807, 
describing  Bonfield,  the  home  of  the  Chamberlaines,  situated  at  the 
junction  of  Boone's  Creeic  and  the  Tred  Avon  River,  near  Oxford, 
Talbot  County,  these  extracts  are  taken  : 

"Bonfield  was  built  in  1772  by  Samuel  Chamberlaine,  the  third  son 
of  Samuel  and  Henrietta  Chamberlaine,  of  Plaindealing,  the  original 
seat  of  the  family  in  America.  At  the  time  he  was  30  years  old. 

"The  estate  on  which  the  house  is  placed  was  originally  of  many 
hundreds  of  acres.  It  is  beautifully  situated  just  where  Boone's  Creek 
runs  into  the  Tred  Avon  river.  In  1852  the  family  became  scattered 
and  the  two  furthest  portions  of  the  old  place.  Bachelor's  Point  Field 
and  Wood  Field,  were  sold.  The  middle  part,  containing  the  land 
toward  Oxford  and  the  Tred  Avon  river,  was  kept,  ho^vever,  and 
constituted  the  estate  which  Mr.  Balch  has  just  recently  bought. 

"The  house  is  built  of  stone  for  the  first  12  feet,  and  the  remainder 
is  of  frame,  capped  by  a  steep  sloping  roof.  The  ceilings  are  lofty,  the 
main  staircase  is  broad  and  easy  of  ascent,  and  the  parlors  are  wain- 
scoted. Closets  of  every  imaginable  shape  and  size  reveal  themselves 
in  scores  of  unsuspected  places. 

"On  the  first  floor,  upon  the  east  side,  adjoining  the  dining  room,  is 
a  large  and  quaintly  carved  buffet  of  semi-circular  shape,  in  which  the 
best  china  and  glass-\\are  and  all  the  silver  heirlooms  used  to  be  kept. 
The  most  noticeable  featui-e  about  the  architecture  of  the  house 
is  the  size  and  convenience  of  the  cellars.  They  are  not  the  dark  and 
sepulchral  dungeons  of  modern  times,  but  light  and  dry  and  commo- 
dious. The  house  is  surrounded  on  the  south,  west  and  north  side  bv 
an  artificial  hill,  the  work  of  the  army  of  sla\es  o\\ned  by  Mr.  Cham- 
berlaine. 

"The  view  from  the  top  of  the  house  is  enchanting.  To  the  north 
and  northeast  the  Tred  Avon  winds  away  into  dense  woods,  disap- 
pearing and  reappearing.  To  the  south  the  placid  \\  aters  of  Boone's 
creek  touch  the  very  edge  of  the  lawn.  If  one  looks  to  the  west  one 
can  see  the  union  of  the  Tred  Avon  with  the  Choptank.  To  the  north- 
west Oxford,  w  ith  its  snowy  cottages  and  shaded  axenue,  nestles  in 
a  bend  of  the  Tred  Avon. 

Samuel  Chamberlaine,  the  builder  of  Bonfield,  was  a  man  of  great 
force  of  character.  'His  word  was  as  good  as  his  bond'  and  'His 
oaths  were  oracles '  are  phrases  peculiarly  applicable  to  him.  For  in- 

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stance,  before  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution  Mr.  Chamberlaine  was 
a  public  officer  in  the  State,  and  as  such  was  obliged  to  take  oath  of 
allegiance  to  the  Crown.  His  opinion  of  a  bond  was  so  high  that  he 
actually  considered  this  binding  throughout  his  life,  and  for  this  rea- 
son would  not  take  part  in  the  American  struggle  for  freedom,  al- 
though sympathizing  with  it."  .  .  . 

"  Mr.  Chamberlaine  was  methodical  in  all  of  his  business  rela- 
tions, as  the  '  Records  of  Port  Oxford  '  can  testify.  These,  all  written 
by  his  own  hand,  in  the  neatest  and  clearest  type  possible  outside  of 
a  printing  press,  gave  evidence  of  great  particularity  and  preciseness 
not  met  with  in  these  days  of  hurry.  They  were  presented  by  his 
grandchildren,  of  Bonfield,  to  the  Maryland  Historical  Society  in 
1879. 

"The  burial  ground  at  Bonfield,  situated  in  back  of  the  garden, 
was  first  opened  in  1811  to  receive  the  remains  of  the  founder  of  the 
house,  Samuel  Chamberlaine.  His  wife  rests,  however,  not  by  his  side, 
but  with  her  great-grandchildren  in  the  little  chapel  yard  at  Brook- 
land.  Two  sons— Richard  Lloyd  (1830)  and  Samuel  (1836)  — and 
two  daughters  —  May  and  Henrietta  Maria — lie  near  their  father 
at  Bonfield;  also  his  eldest  son,  James  Loyd(l844),  and  his  wife, 
Anna  Maria  Hammond,  and  their  eldest  son  and  daughter,  Nicholas 
and  Henrietta  Maria  Chamberlaine.  Mrs.  Samuel  Chamberlaine,  of 
Clora's  Point,  is  there  near  her  husband  and  her  son-in-law,  Mr. 
George  A.  Thomas." 


H  172  n 


ELIAS  BAYLEY  DAYTON 

[  From  Elias  Bavley  Dayton] 

Dear  Sir, 

WILL  you  be  so  good  as  to  cause  the  enclosed  letter  for 
Mr.  Ricketts  to  be  put  into  the  Mail  for  the  British 
Packet.  I  understand  that  she  is  to  sail  tomorrow  if  the  wind 
should  permit. 

I  am  every  day  expe6ling  to  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you 
in  y^  City. 
Our  love  to  Mrs.  H.  &  beheve  me 

Yours  sincerely 

E.  B.  Dayton. 

[Tflrw]  Town 
17th  Feby  1809. 

Rev?  Mr.  Hobart. 

No  superscription. 

ANNOTATION 

James  Ricketts. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  342. 


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[  From  William  Prvce  ] 

Wilmington  March  2"!  I  809 

Rev  &  D"^  Sir, 

AS  D":  Kewley  is  just  leaving  this  place  for  your  city,al- 
,Z~\.  the  I  have  materials  in  my  head  and  the  wish  of  my 
heart  to  write  you  a  small  volume,  as  I  have  only  five  min- 
utes I  must  be  very  brief.  I  some  time  since  sent  to  the  care 
of  Mess.  Swords,  loo  copies  of  D"^  Kewley  pamphlets  Mr.  P. 
examined  &c.  to  sell  on  commission,  as  I  have  not  time  now 
to  write  them  I  will  thank  you  to  call  and  enquire  what  dis- 
position they  have  made  of  them.  M"'  Kewley  dire6ts  the  pro- 
ceeds to  be  remitted  to  me,  as  there  is  an  open  a/c  between 
us  on  the  subje6l,  if  you  can  give  D'  Kewley  information 
while  in  your  place  you  will  oblige  me — let  me  hear  from  you 
soon — our  family  are  in  health — present  my  love  to  your 
amiable  consort,  and  may  Heaven's  richest  blessings  rest  on 
you,  &  yours 

In  haste  Affe6lionately  yours 

William  Pryce. 

Superscription: 

Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  New  York 

D'  Kewley. 


ANNOTATIONS 

John  Kezvley. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  October  8,  1812. 

Thomas  and  James  Szcords. 

For  sketch  see  Vokime  IV,  page  330. 

Examination  of  Dr.  Price's  and  Dr.  Priestley's  Sermons. 

In  1790  WiUiamKeate,  rector  of  Laverton,  Kent,  England,  published 

[    174  3 


WILLIAM  PRYCE 

"A  Free  Examination  of  Dr.  Price's  and  Dr.  Priestley's  Sermons, 
with  a  Postscript  containing  some  Strictures  upon  an  Address  to  the 
Opposers  of  the  Repeal  of  the  Corporation  and  Test  Acts.  London, 
1790." 

It  is  probably  a  reprint  of  the  essential  portions  of  this  book  which 
Mr.  Pryce  issued.  Dr.  Priestley,  it  m  ill  be  remembered,  spent  the  last 
ten  years  of  his  life  in  America,  dying  in  Northumberland,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1804. 


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[From  John  H.  Jacocks] 

New  Haven  March  6,  i  809. 

Revn"  D"^  Hobart 
D«  Sir, 

I  WROTE  you  a  few  weeks  since,  in  behalf  of  the  "  Com- 
mittee of  Pubhcation  "  requesting  you  to  make  some  addi- 
tions to  yl  work  on  forms  of  prayer,  &  to  leave  out  that  part 
of  it  which  treats  on  a  third  or  Evening  Service.  The  subje6l 
of  adding  to  the  work  would  not  have  been  suggested,  had 
I  not  understood  you  as  saying  that  was  y"^  intention.  As  to 
the  Evening  Service, the  Committee  presumeyou  are  not  anx- 
ious to  have  it  retained.  They  are  very  willing  to  publish  it, 
with  the  exception  just  mentioned,  should  it  meet  y[  approba- 
tion, without  any  additional  remarks.  Will  you  be  good  enough 
to  write  us  without  delay,  since  we  are  only  waiting  y"^  an- 
swer previous  to  its  going  to  the  Press.  In  behalf  of  the 
Committee,  I  am  very  respeftfuUy 

Y""  obliged  Servt 

John  H.  Jacocks 

Since  writing  you, instead  of  1 50  persons  chiefly  with  families, 
then  stated  as  having  conformed  to  the  Episcopal  Church,  in 
this  State,  within  a  few  months;  it  is  believed  I  may  be  war- 
ranted in  answeringyou,that  an  addition  of  200  have  followed 
their  example. There  are  also,  in  many  other  Parishes,  strong 
symptoms  of  disaffection  to  Calvinism ;  which,  when  well- 
grounded  produces  substantial  converts  to  our  Church. 

The  effrontery,  sophistry  &  bombast  of  the  7neek  Dr.  Ma- 
son, it  may  be  presumed  from  y!  last  Magazine,  now  occupy 
y';  attention.  His  comments  on  Jerome's  account  of  Episco- 
pacy, &  his  analogical  argument  drawn  from  a  supposed  en- 

[  176 ;] 


JOHN  H.  JACOCKS 

qiiiry  at  a  future  period,  what  was  the  form  of  government, 
with  which  the  U.  S.  commenced,  furnish  full  evidence  of  his 
ability  to  sophisticate  &  mis-represent.  But  why  do  we  talk 
of  the  writings  or  sentiments  of  the  Fathers  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  since  the  unassuming  Doctor  has  absolutely  demon- 
strated that  the  Episcopal  claims  cannot  be  supported  from 
tlie  testimony  of  Scripture!!  The  humility,  teachableness  & 
self-abasement  of  a  rigid  Calvinist  are  faithfully  displayed,  in 
almost  every  page  of  his  work.  How  delighted  must  be  his 
readers  with  his  puns  bipure  wit!  For  instance, "  Thus  endeth 
the  first  lesson — Thus  endeth  the  second  lesson — So  much 
for  the  Bishop.  Now  let  us  hear  the  Priests — "  &c.  Oh,  how 
fine!!  Not  having  his  Magazine  before  me,  I  may  not  have 
his  words  in  exaft  order;  but  I  have  done  him  no  injustice. 
The  Christian's  Magazine  is  read  by  many  of  our  Presbyte- 
rian Clergy,  because  it  abounds  with  bitter  inve61:ive  against 
the  Episcopal  Church ;  but,  by  many  of  the  best  men  of  their 
communion,  for  its  unabated  rancor  &  total  [torn^  of  the 
Christian's  temper,  it  is  severely  reprobated.  I  am  happy  to 
see  y!"  determination  not  to  pursue  him  in  the  Churchman's 
Magazine.  You  can  fill  it  with  much  more  popular  &  impor- 
tant matter;  altho  the  prominent  subje61:,  I  am  sensible,  is  of 
the  utmost  consequence.  Controversy  with  such  an  opponent 
is  liable  to  degenerate  into  personal  altercation. 

It  has  occurred  to  me,  that  our  publication  of  the  proposed 
work  may  be  displeasing  to  M'  Mesier  &  in  consequence,  to 
yrself.  Should  this  be  the  case,  it  is  not  my  wish  to  publish 
it.  With  respe6l  y":  Sert 

John  H  Jacocks 

Superscription: 

RevnP  Dr  Hobart,  New  York. 


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ANNOTATIONS 

Publications  of  the  Christian  Knowledge  Society. 
For  notice  see  page  155. 

John  Mitchell  Mason. 

For  mention  see  Volume  V,  page  230,  and  for  notice  see  page  107. 

The  Christian's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  230. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Peter  Mesier. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  377. 


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HOBART  TO  DAYTON 

[John  Henkv  Hobart  to  Elias  Baylev  Dayton] 

New-York.  March.  lo:  1809.* 

My  dear  Sir, 

IHA  VE  had  four  hundred  Drs  passed  to  your  credit  in  the 
Branch  bank,  for  W  of  course  you  can  immediately  draw. 
As  I  promised  Cap'  Wade  he  should  have  the  money  as  soon 
as  possible,  I  will  thank  you  to  advise  him  that  you  will  pay 
him  the  money  as  soon  as  the  deed  is  made  out,  w<^  I  will  thank 
you  to  see  is  such  a  deed  as  warrants  the  place  free  of  incum- 
brance. The  terms  as  stated  in  his  letter  to  you  are  300  Drs 
with  addition  of  the  interest  to  the  i"'  day  of  April.  He  has 
taken  y^  deed  in  his  own  name,  would  it  not  be  well  to  have 
this  deed  as  well  as  the  one  from  him  to  me.  It  may  be  proper 
for  you  to  write  my  name  in  your  letter  to  him  as  I  observe 
he  spells  it  incorre6Hy  and  may  not  know  my  Christian  name. 
If  you  should  not  come  over  soon,  I  will  thank  you  for  a 
memorandum  of  your  having  rec'd  this  sum — 

We  are  all  tolerably  well — Goodin  has  been  sick  with  her 
headache  since  my  return 

yrs  sincerely 

J  H  Hobart 

I  sent  the  bark  yesterday  by  one  of  the  boats. 

Superscription: 

Col.  Elias  B  Dayton 
To  the  care  of  Major  Whitlock.  Elizabeth  town  Point 

Endorsement: 
J.  H.  Hobart 
lo'h  March  1809 


*  This  letter  is  not  among  the  MSS.  belonging  to  the  General  Convention,  but  belongs  to  a 
private  colleflion.  Ed. 


C  179  n 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

Branch  of  the  Batik  of  the  United  States,  New  Tork  City. 
The  suggestion  of  Alexander  Hamilton  that  a  bank  of  discount  and 
deposit  should  be  authorized  b}-  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  was 
acted  upon  in  the  winter  of  1790-91.  Under  a  carefully  drawn-up 
bill,  which  was  prepared  by  Hamilton,  warmly  debated,  but  finally 
passed  and  approved  by  President  Washington,  the  Bank  of  the 
United  States  was  chartered  February  25,  1791.  Its  chief  banking- 
house  was  to  be  located  in  Philadelphia,  but  provision  was  made  for 
branches  in  Boston,  New  York,  Baltimore,  Washington,  Norfolk, 
and  Savannah.  Its  authorized  capital  was  ten  million  dollars,  divided 
into  shares  of  four  hundred  dollars  each.  The  New  York  branch  was 
incorporated  by  the  legislature  of  the  state  in  1805.  Its  banking-house 
was  located  in  Wall  Street.  Previous  to  1830  it  erected  the  marble 
building  now  the  United  States  Assay  Office,  adjoining  the  Subtreas- 
ury.  In  1809  its  officers  were :  president,  Cornelius  Ray  ;  cashier,  Jona- 
than Burell ;  directors,  Thomas  Buchanan,  Robert  Lenox,  John  Mur- 
ray, William  Bayard,  David  M.  Clarkson,  Ebenezer  Stevens,  Charles 
Ludlow,  Francis  B.  Winthrop,  Oliver  Wolcott,  and  David  Gelston. 

Jonas  Wade. 

Jonas  Wade  was  a  descendant  of  Benjamin  Wade,  who  came  to 
Elizabeth  Town  before  1675.  He  was  a  large  land-owner  and  promi- 
nent in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  Captain  Wade,  as  Dr.  Hobart's  ac- 
quaintance is  styled,  appears  to  have  held  much  land  in  the  town 
of  Springfield.  The  purchase  made  from  him  in  March,  1809,  was 
of  ten  acres. 

Hobart's  Short  Hills  Estate. 

The  love  of  the  country  always  shown  by  Dr.  Hobart  took  expres- 
sion in  his  purchase  of  property  for  a  summer  home  in  that  part  of 
the  town  of  Springfield,  New  Jersey,  known  as  the  Short  Hills  from 
the  many  rounded  eminences  it  had.  Springfield  is  situate  on  a  level 
plain,  having  part  of  the  Orange  range  and  parts  of  the  first  moun- 
tain range  in  full  view.  In  1738  there  were  three  families  and  houses, 
those  of  Thomas  Denman,  Van  Winckle,  and  Whitehead.  A  Pres- 
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HOBART  TO  DAYTON 

byterian  church  was  erected  about  1747,  which  was  burned  by  the 
British  troops  in  their  raid,  June  23,  1780,  when  the  wife  of  the  minis- 
ter was  killed.  The  historian  of  Springfield  shows  that  the  site  chosen 
by  Dr.  Hobart  was  historic. 

At  Hobart  Hill  is  the  site  of  the  Old  Sow,  the  minute  gun  which 
sounded  w  arning  to  the  farmers,  and  where  A\as  placed  a  signal  bea- 
confor  the  country  Ijing  betw  een  Summit  Mountain  and  Morristown. 
Here  has  been  placed  a  huge  commemorative  boulder.  On  its  side 
facing  Hobart  Avenue  has  been  placed  a  bronze  plate  bearing  the 
following  inscription : 

"  1776 :  Here  in  the  time  of  the  Re\'olution  stood  the  signal  beacon 
and  by  its  side  the  cannon,  known  as  the  'Old  Sow,'  which  in  times 
of  danger  and  invasion  summoned  the  patriotic  Minute  Men  of  the 
vicinity  to  the  defence  of  the  Countrj^  and  the  repulse  of  the  invader. 
This  monument  is  erected  by  die  New  Jersey  Society  of  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution  and  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  the  patriots 
of  New  Jersey,  1896." 

William  H.  Tutde,  in  his  address  at  Hobart  Hill,  quoted  the  follow^- 
ing  passage  from  a  letter  of  Dr.  Ashbel  Green,  president  of  the  Col- 
lege of  New  Jersey,  who  as  a  young  man  taught  school  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood : 

"The  alarm  gun,  an  iron  eigh teen-pounder,  was  placed  on  the 
highest  point  of  what  was  called  Short  Hills,  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  Springfield,  New  Jersey.  Bishop  Hobart  after  the  war  purchased 
the  site  and  made  it  his  country  residence,  a  lofty  pole  was  placed 
by  the  side  of  the  cannon,  with  a  tar  barrel  on  the  top  which  was 
set  on  fire  when  the  gun  was  discharged.  The  report  of  the  gun  and 
the  flame  of  the  tar  barrel  were  seen  to  a  great  distance  in  the  sur- 
rounding country.  The  militia  companies  had  each  their  place  of 
rendezvous  to  ^\•hich  they  hastened  as  soon  as  the  alarm  A\as  given. 
The  Short  Hills  w  ere  a  kind  of  natural  barrier  for  the  camp  and 
military  stores  at  Morristow  n.  A  hundred  men  might  have  defended 
some  of  the  passes  over  these  hills  against  a  thousand.  A  British  de- 
tachment once  reached  Springfield  and  burned  it,  but  no  British  corps 
ever  ventured  into  the  sand  hills.  On  a  clear  day  with  a  good  telescope 
the  city  of  New  York  may  be  seen  from  these  heights.  When  en- 
camped at  Morristow  n  General  Washington  occasionally  rode  to  these 
hills  to  make  his  observations.  The  first  time  I  ever  saw  him  was  on 

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one  of  these  occasions.  He  was  accompanied  by  the  Marquis  de  la 
Fayette,  as  he  was  then  called,  who  looked  like  a  mere  boy." 

Dr.  Hobart's  first  purchase  was  in  August,  1808,  of  four  tracts  of 
land  on  the  highest  elevation  of  the  Short  Hills,  and  included  a  small 
house.  Colonel  Elias  Bayley  Dayton,  his  brother-in-law,  conducted 
the  negotiations  and  then  conveyed  the  property  to  Dr.  Hobart.  His 
second  purchases  were  in  the  spring  of  1809,  when  he  added  about 
forty  acres  to  his  farm.  Dr.  Hobart  continued  to  purchase  at  infre- 
quent intervals  from  1810  to  1819,  until  he  had  enlarged  his  farm 
to  one  hundred  and  seventy-fi\e  acres.  The  estate  continued  in  the 
family  for  eighty  years,  the  last  deeds  by  surviving  heirs  having  been 
made  in  July,  1889.  It  is  now  known  as  Brantwood,  and  has  been 
divided  into  small  lots,  on  many  of  which  attractive  houses  have  been 
built.  It  is  a  suburb  of  the  present  settlement  of  Short  Hills.  The  pres- 
ent condition  of  Bishop  Hobart's  home  lot  is  thus  noticed  in  Dr.  Dix's 
"History  of  Trinity  Parish,"  volume  iv,  page  111: 

"  Through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Charles  W.  L.  Roche,  we  are  able 
to  present  to  our  readers  two  views  of  the  Bishop's  place,  which  is 
now  known  as  'Brantwood,'  and  owned  by  Mr.  Roche.  Mr.  Roche's 
present  residence  occupies  the  exact  site  of  the  house  in  which  the 
Bishop  lived  and  which  was  burned  down  some  years  ago.  The  view 
which  we  give  of  the  old  house  is  as  it  was  a  short  while  before  it 
was  burned. 

"Mr.  Roche's  house  is  practically  on  the  same  site  as  that  of  the 
Bishop's  Farm-house,  and  for  practical  as  well  as  for  sentimental 
reasons  Mr.  Roche  used  the  foundation  stones  of  the  Bishop's  house 
as  far  as  they  would  go  in  his  own,  and  as  nearly  as  he  could  he 
preserved  the  original  contour  of  the  land  about  the  house,  together 
with  the  shrubs  and  shade  trees  which  the  Bishop  planted,  among 
which  were  some  fine  old  specimens  which  he  had  imported  from 
foreign  lands.  There  was  a  cedar  of  Lebanon  which  was  still  alive 
when  the  present  owner  took  up  his  residence  there,  but  it  has  since 
died  because  the  roots  were  in  some  manner  interfered  with.  The 
trunk  and  some  of  the  branches  still  stand  and  served  as  a  trellis  for 
vines.  The  Bishop  also  planted  patches  of  lilies  and  rocket  (the  latter 
a  flower  somewhat  similar  to  flox)  which  have  spread  over  a  large 
territory  and  which  in  Springtime  make  the  hillside  aglow  with 
beauty.  The  Bishop  was  very  fond  of  the  locust  tree  and  he  planted 


HOBART  TO  DAYTON 

a  number  of  them  around  his  place,  the  result  of  w  hich  is  very  ap- 
parent for  some  miles  around,  as  the  seed-pods  have  evidently  blown 
and  gradually  spread  this  tree  to  a  great  distance  from  the  original 
spot. 

"The  second  view  gives  a  very  good  idea  of  how  the  grounds  looked 
in  Bishop  Hobart's  time.  The  estate  of  the  Bishop  contained  about 
175  acres.  In  digging  about  the  place  the  present  owner  recently 
found  the  key  to  the  old  house  and  the  Bishop's  doorplate,  bearing 
the  inscription  'Hobart.'  It  is  about  ten  inches  long  by  four  inches 
wide. 

"The  elevation  is  over  four  hundred  feet  and  the  steeple  of  Trinity 
Church  can  be  seen  plainly  from  the  grounds.  It  is  true  that  the  spire 
of  the  old  church  A\as  only  180  feet,  while  the  present  one  is  284 
feet,  yet  the  complete  absence  of  tall  buildings  near  it  made  it  con- 
spicuous. The  tradition,  therefore,  is  very  likely  true  that  the  Bishop 
used  to  be  signalled  from  the  church  spire  ^hen  his  services  were 
unexpectedly  required." 

Eplvaim  L.  Whitlock. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  180. 


[  183 : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  John  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Eliz  Town  March  lo,  1809. 

My  Dear  Sir, 

I  DO  not  write  because  I  shall  please  you  by  writing,  but 
because  I  think  I  maybe  fully  justified  in  so  doing.  Ber- 
rian,  has  evidently  had  a  desire  to  prolong  his  stay ;  for  to  tell 
you  the  truth  he  has  had  very  little  of  that  pleasure  which  led 
him  this  way.  He  however  was  apprehensive  that  you  would 
be  displeased  and  would  not  conclude  to  stay  till  I  promised 
to  assure  you  that  he  would  be  prepared  for  his  next  perform- 
ance before  you.  I  think  he  is  fully  justified  in  staying  when 
we  consider  how  much  perplexity  he  has  of  late  endured, 
how  long  it  is  since  he  has  been  here,  and  above  all,  when 
you  are  told  that  it  has  been  expe6led  that  he  would  remain 
till  Monday,  by  those  who  were  most  pleased  to  see  him,  and 
felt  the  greatest  interest  in  his  society.  He  does  not  intend  to 
render  his  visits  either  frequent  or  long.  Add  to  all  this,  the 
refle6lion  that  you  have  once  felt  a  similar  solicitude,  and  I 
am  confident  your  uniform  mildness  of  disposition  will  lead 
you  to  excuse  him. 

Yrs.  afFe6lionately, 

John  C.  Rudd. 

Superscription: 

Rev.  Dr.  Hobart,  No  46  Greenwich  St.,  N.  Y. 


ANNOTATION 

William  Berrian. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  March  31,  1824. 


c  184 ;] 


ELIAS  BAYLEY  DAYTON 

[  From  Elias  Bayley  Dayton  ] 

Dear  Sir, 

I  HAVE  received  yours  of  yesterday  advising  that  you  had 
deposited  to  my  credit  in  the  Branch  Bank  three  hundred 
dollars  which  sum  I  have  therefore  credited  to  your  account. 
Yours  truely 

E.  B.  Dayton 

Eliz'.''  Town 

I S'.*"  March  1809. 

ReV^J.  H.  HOBART. 

No  superscription. 

ANNOTATION 

Branch  of  the  Bank  of  the  United  States,  New  York  City. 
For  notice  see  page  180. 


C   185   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Robertson  ] 

Philad^  20  March  1809. 

My  dear  John, 

I  WAS  very  glad  lately,  to  hear  from  your  brother  that 
your  self  and  family  were  well.  I  had  entertained  the  hope 
through  the  winter,  that  I  should  have  had  the  pleasure  ere 
this  time,  of  seeing  you  and  my  other  friends  in  New  York. 
There  was  nothing  however,  very  pressing  to  take  me  there; 
and  it  seems  the  older  one  grows,  it  is  the  more  difficult  to 
leave  home. 

R.  S.  &  Co.  have  some  business  of  considerable  magnitude 
to  settle  at  Cincinnati,  in  the  State  of  Ohio;  and  I  believe  it  will 
be  necessary  to  put  it  into  the  hands  of  a  lawyer.  I  have  been 
informed  that  there  is  a  Mr.  Jacob  Burnet,  formerly  of  New 
Jersey,  who  resides  there,  and  that  his  standing  is  very  re- 
speftable;  and  we  are  therefore  inchned  to  employ  him.  It 
has  occurred  to  me,  that  I  have  seen  a  person  of  that  name, 
as  an  acquaintance  of  yours,  when  you  first  went  to  Prince- 
ton; and  I  think  too  when  I  formerly  saw  more  of  you,  than 
I  have  done  of  late  years.  I  have  heard  you  speak  of  him  as 
a  correspondent.  If  I  am  right  in  my  conje6lures,  and  if  it 
would  not  be  giving  you  too  much  trouble,  I  wish  you  would 
write  a  few  lines  to  him  (and  send  them  to  me)  saying  that 
you  know  us,  and  that  you  would  be  gratified  by  his  attention 
to  our  business. 

I  am  very  well  aware,  that  even  the  best  of  professional  men, 
in  the  discharge  of  their  professional  duties,  are  not  much  in- 
fluenced by  such  considerations;  but  I  have  known  some  in- 
stances where  men's  exertions  were  greater,  when  they  felt 
any  personal  concern  for  the  parties  who  employed  them.  As 

C    186  J 


JAMES  ROBERTSON 

I  mentioned  before,  the  business  is  considerable;  and  I  wish 
every  thing  to  be  done,  to  give  it  a  fair  chance. 

I  hope  you  will  excuse  this  trouble.  Remember  me  to  M^'  H. 
and  believe  me  to  be 

Affe61:ionately  yours, 

James  Robertson. 

Superscription  : 

Rev.  Dr.  John  H.  Hobart,  New  York. 


annotations 
Robert  Smith  &  Co. 
For  sketch  of  Robert  Smith  see  ^^olume  I,  page  34. 


Jacob  Buniet. 

For  notice  see  \^oliime  I,  page  21. 


L  i«7  -2 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Elias  Bayley  Dayton  ] 

Eliz'.''  Town  28*  March  1809. 

Dear  Sir, 

I  HAVE  received  your  letter  by  Mr.  Rudd  &  will  do  as 
you  request  with  respec^t  to  the  informs   Morehouse  & 
procur?  a  Cart. 

Heyer — who  is  now  living  in  the  house  purchase  of  Taylor, 
has  a  desire  to  continue  in  it  &  to  work  the  land  on  shares  or 
in  any  other  way  that  you  &  he  can  agree  upon — he  wishes 
also  to  work  for  you  occasionally  as  a  common  labourer. 

I  wish  you  to  send  nine  or  ten  dozen  of  empty  Cider  Bottles, 
which  may  be  done  by  the  Sloop  Maria  Capt"?  Nesbit  now  in 
the  City.  I  shall  want  as  many  as  3  Gross  of  good  Corks  which 
might  be  had  last  season  of  a  superior  quallity  at  the  Porter 
Vault  in  John  Street. 

Yours  truely 

E.  B.  Dayton. 
Rev?  J.H.HoBART. 

Superscription!: 

The  Rev.  Doct^  Hobart,  N?  46  Greenwich  Street,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

John  Churchill  Rudd. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  428. 

Mr.  -Morehouse. 

There  are  no  particulars  available  concerning  this  person. 

Mr.  Heyer. 

Heyer  was  evidently  a  workingman  or  labourer  on  the  Short  Hills 

property  purchased  by  Dr.  Hobart. 


ELIAS  BAYLEY  DAYTON 

Nehemiah  Taylor. 

This  gentleman  was  a  resident  of  Springfield,  New  Jersey.  Bishop 
Hobart  purchased  a  portion  of  his  Short  Hills  farm  from  him  in  1812. 
He  is  probably  one  of  those  from  whom  Colonel  Dayton  bought  the 
four  tracts  originally  conveyed  to  Dr.  Hobart  in  1808. 

Sloop  Maria. 

No  mention  of  this  sloop  has  been  found  in  the  advertisements  or 

notices  of  the  time. 

Captain  Nesbit. 

No  particulars  concerning  this  gentleman  are  a\ailable. 


c  189 ;] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  John  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Eliz  Town,  Apl  lo:  1809. 

My  Dear  Sir 

M?  Chapman  has  informed  me  that  you  will  be  at  lei- 
sure on  Sunday  the  23!:'^  I  write  this  to  ask  whether 
you  contemplate  spending  that  day  in  the  Country,  whether 
you  would  be  disposed  to  fill  my  place  here  that  I  may  visit 
a  vacant  parish.  Your  answer  would  very  much  oblige  me,  as 
in  case  you  can  officiate  for  me,  I  shall  wish  to  convey  the 
earliest  information  to  the  parish  I  intend  to  visit.  As  I  wish  to 
go  to  Shrewsbury,  my  notice  should  leave  here  on  Wednes- 
day next  if  possible.  Not  doubting  of  your  disposition  to  ac- 
commodate me,  I  am 

Affe6lionately  yours, 

John  C.  Rudd. 

Superscription: 

Rev.  D?  Hobart,  No.  46  Greenwich  St.,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

Christ  Church,  Shrezvshury . 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  348. 


C  190  n 


WALTER  SMITH 

WALTER  Smith  was  a  merchant  of  large  resources  trading  with 
various  parts  of  theworld.  Hishomewas  atNo.TMurra}- Street, 
New  York.  Earl\-  in  the  nineteenth  century  he  formed  a  friendship  with 
Joaquin  Monteiro,  a  native  of  Portugal,  A\ho  came  to  New  York  in 
1796,  and  commenced  business  as  a  merchant.  His  transactions  for 
several  years  were  extensi\e  and  profitable.  In  1804,  upon  one  venture 
which  included  the  purchase  of  a  schoooner  and  several  exchanges  of 
cargo  in  South  America  and  the  West  Indies,  he  cleared  one  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Monteiro's  creditwas  high,  and  merchants 
did  not  hesitate  to  sell  him  A\hatever  goods  he  desired  and  take  his 
note  in  payment.  In  his  "Old  Merchants  of  New  York,"  in  volume  v, 
page  62,  Walter  Barrett  says  of  this  Portuguese: 

"He  imported  1,985  gallons  of  the  choicest  Madeira,  16  pipes  in 
the  brig  'Luna,'  for  his  own  table.  He  never  paid  the  duty.  He  had 
a  friend  named  Walter  Smith,  a  merchant,  who  li\ed  in  7  Murray 
street.  He  afterwards  sold  this  ^ine  for  $250  a  pipe,  or  $4,000. 

"He  purchased  November  8,  1804,  of  old  Irish,  importer,  Irish 
linens,  at  a  cost  of  $3,874.  He  sold  them  the  same  week  at  auction, 
for  $2,500. 

"He  purchased  one  day  of  Martial  Laforque  &  Co.,  10,000  pieces  of 
nankeens  for  88  cents  each,  $8,800.  He  never  paid  them  a  cent,  but 
hypothecated  the  nankeens  in  the  Merchants'  Bank  as  security  for  his 
notes. 

"  He  borrowed  of  his  friend,  Walter  Smith,  in  one  year,  $85, 100.  He 
was  supposed  to  have  paid  him  in  the  goods  he  had  bought  from 
other  merchants,  and  that  were  traced  to  Smith.  He  got  out  of  Rich- 
ard Varick  and  W.  W .  AV'ooIsey,  directors  of  the  Merchants'  Bank, 
$26,735.  He  got  out  of  other  parties  enough  to  make  up  $40,000." 

It  is  probably  to  his  connection  \\  ith  this  rascally  Portuguese  and  to 
his  heavv  losses  through  him  that  Mr.  Smith  alludes  in  his  letter  to 
Dr.  Hobart.  The  operations  of  Mr.  Monteiro  reached  nearly  a  million 
dollars,  which  \\ere  never  recovered.  Mr.  Smith  \\as  invoh ed  in  only 
the  earlier  ventures  of  this  man,  and  appears  to  have  been  ruined  by 
him.  Monteiro  duped  the  principal  merchants  and  business  men  in 
New  York.  Owing  to  his  position  as  Portuguese  Consul  he  could  not 
be  arrested.  When  the  Portuguese  government  remo\ed  him  he  was 

C  19I  3 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

at  once  arrested  and  cast  into  prison.  His  operations  w  ere  all  on  a 
great  scale,  but  in  the  end  he  never  paid  his  creditors  a  single  cent. 


[  From  Walter  Smith  ] 

Sir: 

YOUR  letter  of  the  7'''  Instant  should  not  have  remained 
so  long  unanswered,  had  not  its  contents  been  such  as 
completely  to  incapacitate  me  from  sooner  composing  my 
mind  to  write  you  a  reply.  The  severe  repulse  which  it  con- 
tains, was  so  contrary  to  my  expe6lations,  that  it  is  not  pos- 
sible for  me  to  convey  an  idea  of  the  efFe61:  it  has  produced. 

You  refer  me  to  the  rubrics  before  the  communion  service, 
to  shew  that  no  person  can  be  admitted  to  the  communion, 
with  whom  the  congregation  may  have  any  reason  to  be  of- 
fended :  and  state  that  you  are  apprehensive  the  pecuniary 
difficulties  in  which  I  have  lately  been  involved,  have  made 
such  impressions  on  the  minds  of  many,  as  would  subje6l  the 
church  to  animadversion,  were  I  admitted  at  present  to  the 
communion,  and  probably  would  offend  some  of  the  congre- 
gation: That  the  same  remarks  would  also  obviously  apply  to 
my  receiving  at  present  the  sacrament  of  baptism. 

Have  you  Sir  reason  to  believe  that  I  am  an  open  &  notori- 
ous evil  liver,  or  that  I  have  done  any  wrong  to  my  neigh- 
bours etc.,  etc.,  and  if  you  have,  does  not  the  rubrics  go  on 
to  state,  that  such  person  shall  not  come  to  the  Lords  Table, 
until  he  has  openly  declared  himself  to  have  truly  repented 
etc., etc.  Is  not  also  the  receiving  the  sacrament  of  baptism, 
an  open  confession  of  sin,  and  promise  of  amendment.?  And 
when  the  Minister  gives  warning  for  the  celebration  of  the 
holy  communion,  he  says,  if  any  man  say  I  am  a  grevious 

c  192  :i 


WALTER  SMITH 

sinner,  and  therefore  am  afraid  to  come,  wherefore  then  do  ye 
not  repent  and  amend?  certainly  this  is  an  invitation  to  gre- 
vious  sinners  to  repent  and  come  to  tlie  table  of  our  Lord. 

I  have  never  yet  known  a  person  who  has  not  met  with 
great  pecuniary  difficulties  whose  condu6l  has  escaped  severe 
censures,  and  whose  situation  did  not  generally  prevent  their 
obtaining  that  redress,  which  under  other  circumstances  they 
might  receive:  this  has  been  my  case:  many  things  as  untrue 
as  they  are  illiberal  have  been  said  of  me,  which  my  want  of 
pecuniary  resources,  have  compelled  me  to  pass  without  no- 
tice. I  acknowledge  that  my  condu6l  in  some  instances  has 
been  imprudent,  and  censurable,  but  never  criminal :  however 
there  have  not  been  persons  wanting,  to  exagerate  those  im- 
prudencies,  into  criminalities:  But  if  all  my  enemies  have  as- 
serted, were  true  ( which  I  aver  is  not  the  case)  I  should  not 
calculate  that  the  church  would  reje6l  from  her  bosom,  the 
true  and  sincere  penitent. 

If  your  information  concerning  me  is  derived  from  a  pub- 
lication lately  made,  in  which  myself,  with  several  Gentlemen 
of  the  first  respeftability  are  slandered:  I  will  only  state,  that 
the  publication  is  a  gross  libel,  and  the  author  of  it  is  about  to 
receive  that  punishment  he  justly  merits.  While  on  this  sub- 
ie6l  I  will  mention  a  circumstance,  which  will  at  least  show, 
that  I  have  been  greatly  calumniated.  When  my  pecuniary 
diflficulties  first  commenced,  (upwards  of  three  years  since) 
two  Gentlemen,  (who  if  any  had  cause  of  complaint  against 
me,  they  assuredly  had,)  were  extremely  hostile  towards  me, 
and  made  many  observations  greatly  to  my  disadvantage: 
these  Gentlemen,  a  year  afterwards  called  on  me,  without 
any  solicitation  or  remonstrance  on  my  part,  and  stated,  that 
owing  to  impressions  which  they  had  received  from  persons 
who  they  supposed  entitled  to  credit,  they  had  said  many 

C    193   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

things  against  me,  which  recent  information  satisfied  them  I 
had  never  merited,  as  they  were  convinced  I  was  more  sinned 
against  than  sinning:  These  Gentlemen  from  being  my  great- 
est enemies  became  my  real  friends. 

I  shall  trespass  more  on  your  time  than  I  intended,  when  I 
first  began  this  letter,  but  as  two  of  my  family  may  possibly 
wish  to  commune  with  the  church;  on  their  account  as  well 
as  my  own  I  feel  it  my  duty  to  make  these  observations. 

I  assure  you  Sir  that  my  application  was  not  the  impulse  of 
the  moment,  and  made  without  duly  weighing  the  solemn 
engagements  to  be  entered  into  by  persons  receiving  those 
holy  sacraments;  nor  also  without  properly  considering  the 
anathema  denounced  against  those  who  unworthily  receive 
them :  But  Sir  I  have  passed  more  than  one  year  in  constant 
prayer  and  supplication  to  God  to  "  create  and  make  in  me 
a  new  and  contrite  heart,  that  worthily  lamenting  my  sins, 
and  acknowledging  my  wretchedness,  I  might  obtain  from 
the  God  of  all  mercy  perfe6l  remission  and  forgiveness;" 
and  that  by  the  blessed  influence  of  his  Holy  Spirit,  I  might 
have  a  "right  judgment  in  all  things." 

We  have  many  instances  in  holy  writ,  of  our  blessed  Saviour 
and  his  Apostles,  receiving  with  kindness,  the  greatest  sin- 
ners, even  on  the  first  signs  of  penitence. 

I  will  mention  the  case  of  the  woman  taken  in  adultery, 
who  was  accused  by  the  Pharisees  before  our  Saviour;  the 
Pharisees  persisting  to  know  his  opinion,  the  Saviour  says, 
"  He  that  is  without  sin  among  you,  let  him  first  cast  a  stone 
at  her."  struck  with  the  justness  of  the  reproof  to  themselves, 
"and  being  convifted  by  their  own  conscience,"  the  Pharisees 
went  out  one  by  one,  and  the  woman  was  left  alone  with  our 
Saviour,  who  then  said  "  Woman  where  are  those  thine  ac- 
cusers .''  hath  no  man  condemned  thee.-'  she  answered  no  man 

C    194   J 


WALTER  SMITH 

Lord.  And  Jesus  said  unto  her  neither  do  I  condemn  thee: 
go  and  sin  no  more."  A  Divine  of  celebrity  observes,  that  our 
Lord  here  shews  us,  that  he  would  rather  have  men  to  con- 
demn themselves,  than  accuse  others;  and  to  examine  their 
own  lives,  rather  than  to  censure  the  faults  of  their  brethren. 
And  that  the  mildness  wherewith  our  Saviour  treated  this 
woman,  had  perhaps  a  greater  effe6l  in  disengaging  her  from 
her  evil  course,  than  all  the  severity  of  the  Law.  This  Divine 
also  thus  concludes,  The  Church  therefore,  in  immitation  of 
our  Saviour,  discourages  not  the  greatest  Sinner  from  hopes 
of  mercy,  on  the  least  signs  of  contrition.  She  has  thought  fit 
that  this  sentence  of  our  Saviour,  "Let  him  that  is  without  sin, 
cast  the  first  stone,"  should  have  at  least  as  great  an  effe6l 
on  the  hearts  of  Christians,  as  it  had  on  the  Jews;  and  that 
the  piety  of  such  should  yield  to  those  words,  to  which  the 
others  hardness  was  obliged  to  yield. 

I  will  also  state  the  case  of  Mary  Magdalen,  who  was  no- 
torious for  the  irregularity  of  her  life,  but  of  whom,  immedi- 
ately on  her  evincing  signs  of  contrition,  our  blessed  Saviour, 
addressing  himself  to  the  Pharisee  (  who  was  astonished  that 
he  should  not  know  the  Woman  was  a  sinner,  supposing  in 
that  case  he  would  have  reprimanded  her)  says,  "her  sins 
which  are  many, are  forgiven,  for  she  loved  much: "Then 
addressing  himself  to  Mary  said  "Thy  sins  are  forgiven." 

How  affectionately  does  St.  Paul  write  for  Onesimus,  who 
having  run  away  from,  and  robbed  his  master,  becoming 
penitent,  is  received  by  St.  Paul,  who  writes  to  Philemon  thus, 
"I  beseech  thee  for  my  Son  Onesimus,  which  in  times  past 
was  to  thee  unprofitable,  but  now  profitable  to  thee  and  to 
me,  whom  I  have  sent  again:  thou  therefore  receive  him  that 
is  mine  own  bowels;  for  perhaps  he  therefore  departed  for  a 
season,  that  thou  shouldest  receive  him  for  ever;  not  now  as 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

a  servant,  hut  above  a  servant,  a  brother  beloved,  especially  to 
me,  but  how  much  more  unto  thee,  both  in  the  flesh  and  in 
the  Lord?  If  thou  count  me  therefore  a  partner,  receive  him 
as  my  self.  If  he  hath  wronged  thee,  or  oweth  thee  ought, 
put  that  on  mine  account;  I,  Paul,  have  written  it  with  mine 
own  hand,  I  will  repay  it.  It  appears  that  St.  Paul  afterwards 
entrusted  Onesimus  together  with  Tychicus  with  his  epistle 
to  the  Colossians,  whom  he  there  calls  a  faithful  &  beloved 
brother:  who  should  make  known  unto  them  all  things  which 
were  done  at  Rome.  In  this  case  we  do  not  hear  that  the  church 
of  Christ,  then  in  its  infancy,  was  under  any  apprehensions 
from  admitting  a  penitent  sinner  to  its  communion. 

You  will  perceive  Sir  that  according  to  those  instances,!  have 
cited  from  the  scriptures,  that  I  could  not  have  apprehended 
the  repulse  contained  in  your  letter,  and  that  too  particularly 
when  you  state  that  you  have  seen  nothing  in  me,  calculated 
to  inspire  you  with  distrust  for  my  motives. 

I  have  written  this  letter,  partly  to  vindicate  myself  from 
presumption  or  impropriety  in  the  application  I  have  recently 
made  you:After  much  doubting,  much  diligent  searching  the 
scriptures,  and  overcoming  the  prejudices  of  education;  I  am 
convinced  in  my  own  mind  that  the  episcopal  is  the  true  church 
of  Christ;  with  these  impressions  Sir,  I  would  sooner  suffer 
any  privations,  than  subje61:  that  church,  which  commands 
my  most  ardent  veneration,  to  animadversion;  or  offend  any 
of  its  worthy  members. 

I  thank  you  Sir  for  saying  you  can  consult  the  Bishop,  and 
your  Brethren  on  the  subjeft,  should  I  wish  it.  It  is  not  my 
wish  Sir.  The  cause  of  my  troubling  you  so  frequently,  was 
that  I  had  not  the  pleasure  of  an  introdu6tion  to  any  other 
of  the  Episcopal  Clergy. 

I  hope  you  will  pardon  the  trouble  I  have  given  you ;  and 
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WALTER  SMITH 

request  you  to  believe,  that  I  shall  ever  pray  for  the  welfare 
of  the  Church:  and  altho  I  may  not  by  you  Sir,  be  thought 
worthy  to  become  a  member  of  it  here  on  earth;  I  enter- 
tain a  joyful  hope  of  hereafter  realising  those  great  and  pre- 
cious promises  held  out  to  all  those  who  truly  repent,  and 
unfeignedly  believe. 

With  due  respe6l 
I  am  Sir 

Your  obd.  Serv' 

W.  Smith 

April  1 1"'  1809. 

Rev.J.H.HobertD.D. 

Superscription  : 

Rev.J.H.Hobert  D.D. 


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[  From  John  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Eliz.  Town,  Ap.  14.:  1S09. 

My  Dear  Sir, 

I  Should  be  very  happy  to  officiate  for  Mr  Bartow  at  Bloom- 
ingdale,  but  my  duty  seems  to  dire6l  that  the  vacant 
parishes  here  should  have  my  services  whenever  it  is  in  my 
power  to  render  them.  Piscataway  only  14  miles  from  this 
has  had  no  service  but  what  I  have  rendered  for  the  last  year. 
I  wish  much  to  go  there  on  the  23rd  as  now,  I  shall  not  have 
time  to  send  word  to  Shrewsbury,  where  they  have  I  believe 
had  no  service,  for  a  year,  and  where  the  holy  Com?  has 
not  been  administered  in  three.  But,  if  by  going  to  Blooming- 
dale  I  can  have  my  pulpit  filled  on  either  the  last  Sunday  in 
this  Month,  or  on  either  of  the  two  Jirst  m  the  next.  I  will  go 
with  the  greatest  pleasure,  as  in  that  case  I  can  spend  a  Sun- 
day at  Shrewsbury  before  the  setting  of  y'^  Convention.  If  there 
is  no  probability  of  this,  I  think  I  ought  to  embrace  the  23rd, 
for  being  at  Piscataway.  You  can  form  a  conclusion  from  the 
above,  and  if  you  come  out  on  Monday,  next,  I  shall  have 
your  determination  in  proper  time. 

Y'?  sincerely, 

John  C.  Rudd. 

Superscription  : 

Rev.  Dr.  Hobart  No  46  Greenwich  St.,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

John  Vanderhilt  Bartozv. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  552. 


C  198  J 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  40  L 

Christ  Church,  Shrewsbury. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  348. 


C    199   ] 


ASA  EATON 

ASA  Eaton  was  born  in  Plaistow,  New  Hampshire,  July  25, 1778. 
Xx.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1803.  While  in  college 
he  pursued  a  course  in  theology,  and  after  his  graduation  accepted, 
October  23, 1803,  an  offer  from  the  vestry  of  Christ  Church,  Boston, 
to  act  as  lay  reader,  the  parish  then  being  vacant  by  the  resignation  of 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell.  So  acceptable  were  his  services  that  he  was 
asked  to  become  rector.  He  was  made  deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  New 
York  City,  by  Bishop  Moore,  Wednesday,  July  31,  1805,  and  on  the 
following  Friday,  August  2,  was  ordained  priest  in  the  same  church 
by  the  same  Bishop.  Under  Mr.  Eaton  the  ancient  parish  enjoyed 
great  prosperity,  and  after  an  incumbency  of  twenty-four  years  he 
resigned  in  1829  and  became  city  missionary  in  Boston.  In  1837  he 
removed  to  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  and  w  as  associated  with  his 
friend.  Bishop  Doane,  in  the  charge  of  St.  Mary's  Hall.  In  1841  he 
returned  to  Boston,  but  took  no  parochial  charge.  In  1844,  upon  the 
organization  of  the  Church  of  the  Advent,  Boston,  of  Avhich  his  suc- 
cessor at  Christ  Church,  the  Rev.  William  CrosM  ell,  became  the  first 
rector,  he  identified  himself  with  that  parish,  and  often  assisted  in 
the  services.  It  was  also  his  lot  to  offer  the  commendatory  prayer  by 
the  side  of  Dr.  Croswell  when  he  was  stricken  with  apoplexy  before 
the  altar  of  the  Church  of  the  Advent,  Sunday,  November  9,  1851. 
Dr.  Eaton  attended  the  funeral  of  his  dear  fellow  priest  and  friend, 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Harry  Croswell,  father  of  William  Croswell,  at  New 
Haven,  March  17, 1858.  The  fatigue  of  the  journey,  with  the  cold  and 
exposure  at  the  grave,  brought  on  an  illness  from  which  he  did  not 
rally.  He  died  at  his  home  in  Boston,  March  24,  1858,  in  the  eightieth 
year  of  his  age  and  the  fifty-third  of  his  ministry.  His  son,  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Theodore  A.  Eaton,  was  for  many  years  rector  of  St.  Clement's 
Church,  New  York. 


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ASA  EATON 

[  From  Asa  Eaton  ] 

Boston  April  22.  1809. 

Rev?.  &  Dear  Sir, 

PERMIT  me  to  introduce  to  your  acquaintance,  &  recom- 
mend to  your  friendly  notice,  Mr. Ripley,  the  bearer 

of  this.  He  is  the  Son  of  a  respectable,  dissenting  clergyman, 
now  settled  in  Concord  Ms.  He  is  travelling  to  Baltimore, 
where  he  has  been  invited,  as  he  informs  me,  to  officiate  in 
an  Episcopal  Chh.  &  where  he  contemplates,  offering  himself 
for  holy  orders.  Any  attentions  you  may  find  it  convenient  to 
pay  this  gentleman,  will  be  gratefully  acknowledged  by. 
Dear  Sir,  your  friend 

and  brother  in  y^  gospel 

AsA  Eaton. 

J.    H.    HOBART  D.D. 

Superscription: 

Rev?  John  H.  Hobart,  D.D.,  New  York. 
Mr.  Ripley. 


ANNOTATION 

Samuel  Ripley. 

Samuel,  the  eldest  son  of  Ezra  and  Phoebe  (Emerson  [Bliss]  )  Ripley, 
was  born  at  Concord,  Massachusetts,  March  11,  1783.  His  father, 
a  native  of  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College 
in  1776,  and  minister  of  Concord  from  1778  to  his  death  in  1841, 
in  his  ninety-first  year,  was  one  of  the  strong  and  able  Congrega- 
tional ministers  who  adopted  Unitarian  views  and  carried  his  con- 
gregation with  him.  The  monument  commemorating  the  "Concord 
Fight,"  April  19,  1775,  stands  near  his  old  home  on  land  given  by 
him.  His  son  was  well  prepared  for  college  in  the  schools  of  Concord, 
and  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1804.  He  taught  school  for 
some  years,  principally  in  the  South.  It  is  not  known  from  any  docu- 

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ments  now  extant,  how  far  he  proceeded  in  his  quest  for  holy  orders  in 
the  Church,  but  a  letter  from  Dr. Bend  of  Baltimore  in  June,  1809, 
shows  that  he  was  admitted  as  a  candidate.  On  his  return  from  Bal- 
timore, in  the  fall  of  1809,  he  was  ordained  as  pastor  over  the  Con- 
gregational Church  at  Waltham,  Massachusetts,  November  22  of 
that  3rear.  He  died  suddenly  of  heart  disease  on  his  way  from  the 
railway  station,  November  24,  1847,  in  the  sixty-fifth  j'ear  of  his 
age.  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  says  of  him:  "He  A\'as  a  man  of  ardent 
temperament,  frank,  generous,  affectionate,  public  spirited,  and  with 
a  humble  estimate  of  himself." 


C    202    ] 


DAVID  ENGLISH 

[  Froji  David  English  ] 

George  Tou-n  Col^ 
April  25.  1809 

Rev".  &  Dear  Sir 

M^^  Ann  Smith  who  will  be  the  bearer  of  this  is  a  pious 
lady  in  the  communion  of  your  church.  She  resided 
many  years  in  this  Town  &  was  engaged  in  the  Education 
of  young  ladies  &  was  highly  approved  of  as  a  teacher. 
Her  daughter  M'^'  Jane  Wiley  assisted  her  several  years.  She 
proposes  to  open  a  school  in  New  York  where  she  has  been 
some  time  settled.  She  is  a  Lady  of  amiable  &  engaging  man- 
ners &  very  competent  to  undertake  so  important  a  charge. 
I  beg  leave  to  recommend  her  to  your  notice  &  patronage. 
Your  desire  of  doing  good  will  induce  you  to  aid  a  worthy 
Lady  in  so  important  a  task.  The  circumstance  of  her  be- 
longing to  your  church  will  be  an  additional  inducement.  I 
trust  M':''  Hobart  will  assist  in  aiding  tlie  School  at  its  outset. 
M" Wiley's  assiduity  &  acquirements  will  retain  &  encrease 
the  number  of  pupils.  M'"  Lyle  knows  the  reputation  of  M'^* 
Smith  &  M''"  Wiley  confer  with  him  &  M''  How  and  you  can- 
not fail  in  doing  a  benefit  to  your  Parishioners  by  procuring 
so  worthy  a  Teacher  for  their  Daughters. 
Your  attention  to  this  will  oblige 

Your  friend  and  Ob'. 
Servant 


David  English 


Superscription: 

The  Rev"  D".  J.  H.  Hobart,  Greenwich  St.,  New  York 

M?  A.  Smith 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

Ann  Smith. 

The  directories  for  the  city  of  New  York  for  the  years  1809  and  1810 
do  not  give  the  name  of  any  Mrs.  Ann  Smith  in  connection  with 
a  school. 

Jane  Wiley. 

No  particulars  are  available  respecting  this  lady. 

Thomas  Lyell. 

For  sketch  see  page  15. 

Thomas  Tardley  How. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 


[  From  David  English  ] 

George  Town  April  zj  1809 

Rev°&  Dear  Sir, 

YOU  knew  I  was  about  to  return  to  this  place.  I  have 
entered  into  a  different  line  of  business  from  what  I 
intimated  to  you.  By  the  advice  of  some  of  M"^'  E.  friends  I 
commenced  business  in  the  Grocery  &  Flour  line.  This  is  a 
considerable  flour  market  being  at  the  head  of  the  Potomak 
navigation  as  respects  Sea  Vessels  &  yet  having  boat  naviga- 
tion for  200  miles  thro'  a  very  fertile  &  fine  wheat  country. 

I  saw  M''  Mercer  here  in  the  winter  but  he  was  just  setting 
out  on  his  return  home  so  that  I  had  only  a  few  minutes  con- 
versation with  him. 

When  M''  Sears  died  I  had  it  in  my  mind  to  write  to  you, 
he  has  left  a  family  unprovided  for.  I  have  been  informed  the 
father  of  M"^  S.  is  a  man  of  considerable  property  &  that  he 

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DAVID  ENGLISH 

has  but  one  child  remaining.  Whether  he  will  do  any  thing 
for  his  sons  family  is  yet  to  be  ascertained.  Could  not  you 
thro  some  friend  at  New  Ark  have  him  sounded  on  the  sub- 
je6l  and  the  advice  of  some  friends  might  induce  him  to 
do  what  he  would  not  if  left  to  himself.  The  Rev''  M'  Gibson 
of  Alexandria  preached  M"^  Sears'  funeral,  he  was  very  much 
afFefted  &  I  have  seldom  witnessed  more  tears  on  the  like 
occasion. 

M'  Addison  is  now  the  Parson  of  the  Parish  here.  You  know 
something  of  his  chara6ler.  He  proposes  to  teach  a  certain 
number  of  boys.  M"^  Addison  had  a  large  estate  but  I  believe 
he  is  not  well  calculated  to  manage  it  to  advantage. 

The  recent  arrangements  made  between  our  Sec^  of  State 
&  M''  Erskine  for  restoring  intercourse  between  G  Britain  & 
the  U  States,  will  have  an  effe6l  to  raise  M'  Madison  in  the 
estimation  of  his  political  opponents.  I  hope  he  will  have  mag- 
nanimity enought  to  become  the  Presi'.  of  the  the  U  States 
&  not  make  himself  a  party  President.  It  is  said  it  was  M''  M. 
intention  to  make  M' Gallatin  Sec^.  of  State  but  that  it  was 
resolutely  &  pertinaciously  opposed  by  M'  Giles.  It  is  also 
said  M"^  Gal"  was  much  mortified  as  well  as  disappointed. 
M'^  R  Smith  was  not  looked  upon  as  a  man  of  talents  above 
mediocrity.  The  Gentlemen  of  the  navy  however  appear  to 
think  him  quite  competent  to  the  duties  of  the  important  Sta- 
tion to  which  he  has  been  elevated.  The  late  negociationswere 
conducted  here  with  great  secrecy.  The  news  became  known 
to  a  few  persons  on  the  evening  of  the  ip'''  &  expresses  were 
dispatched  to  Baltimore  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  flour. 
Several  thousand  barrels  were  procured  at  from  6  Dol.  to 
16.75. 

I  have  taken  the  liberty  of  giving  a  letter  to  M""'  Smith  re- 
commending her  daughter  to  your  notice  &  patronage  as  a 

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Lady  of  amiable  manners  &  very  competent  to  undertake  tlie 
charge  of  a  Female  School.  M''^  Wiley  does  not  propose  to 
establish  a  Boarding  School  but  one  of  Day  Scholars.  I  trust 
you  will  not  only  have  it  in  your  inclination  but  also  in  your 
power  to  render  her  assistance  in  establishing  a  School. 

M^'  Smith  the  mother  is  a  pious  &  exemplary  Lady  &  her 
daughter  a  very  worthy  &  deserving  woman  who  has  two 
Sons  to  provide  for.  Remember  me  respe6lfully  to  M""^  Hobart 
and  believe  me  your  sincere 

friend 

David  English 

M'"'  Smith  is  in  the  Communion  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev".  J.  H.  Hobart,  Greenwich  Street,  New  York 
M'=  Smith 

ANNOTATIONS 

Sarah  English. 

For  mention  see  Volume  I,  page  161. 

Charles  Fen  ton  Mercer. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  94. 

John  Johnso?i  Sayrs. 

By  Mr.  Sears,  David  English  meant  the  Rev.  John  Johnson  Sayrs, 
who  was  a  native  of  Newark,  and  who  became  rector  of  St.  John's 
Parish,  Georgetown,  Maryland,  in  1804.  He  died  January  6,  1809. 
For  sketch  of  him  see  Volume  I,  page  19. 

William  Lewis  Gibson. 
For  notice  see  page  60. 

Walter  Dulaney  Addison. 

Walter  Dulaney,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  (Dulaney) 

Addison,  was  born  at  Annapolis,  Maryland,  January  1,1769.  At  the 


DAVID  ENGLISH 

age  of  fifteen,  with  two  of  his  brothers,  he  was  sent  to  England  to 
be  educated  under  the  care  of  his  uncle,  Dr.  Jonathan  Boucher,  the 
w  ell-known  folk-lore  scholar,  sometime  a  clergyman  in  Virginia  and 
Maryland,  and  tutor  to  John  Parke  Custis,  the  stepson  of  Washington. 
Mr.  Addison  returned  to  Maryland  in  1789,  after  hxe  years  of  private 
tutors  and  good  schools.  He  studied  for  the  holy  ministry  under  the 
direction  of  Bishop  Claggett,  and  was  made  deacon  "in  the  Parish 
Church  of  Saint  Peters,  Talbot,"  May  26,  1793. 

This  was  the  first  ordination  by  the  Bishop  of  Maryland.  Mr.  Addi- 
son took  charge  of  Queen  Anne  Parish,  Prince  George  County,  and 
soon  developed  a  more  intense  and  devotional  spirit  among  his  par- 
ishioners. Heset  himselfvery  strongly  against  the  profanity,  gambling, 
duelling,  and  large  public  balls,  then  prevalent. Many  of  theclergy  were 
then  as  self-indulgent  as  other  gentlemen.  One  of  his  first  acts  was 
to  secure  the  passage  by  the  Convention  of  the  diocese,  in  1793,  of  a 
stricter  canon  on  clerical  conduct.  Mr.  Addison  was  ordained  priest, 
by  Bishop  Claggett  in  due  course.  In  addition  to  his  clerical  duties  he 
opened  a  school  in  the  family  mansion,  O.xon  Hill,  of  which  he  was 
the  princijjal,  w  ith  se\  eral  masters.  In  1796  he  resigned  his  parish  and 
de\'oted  himself  to  the  school,  ofiiciating  frequently  for  his  brethren. 
In  1799  he  became  assistant  minister,  and  in  1805  rector,  of  his  native 
parish  of  St.  John's,  Prince  George  County.  In  1809  he  became  rector 
of  St.  John's,  Georgetown,  which  he  had  been  instrumental  in  found- 
ing ten  years  before.  He  Mas  earnest,  diligent,  active,  and  had  the 
warm  affection  of  his  people.  He  lived  in  Christian  peace  and  unity  with 
all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men.  A  severe  affection  of  the  eyes  in  1817 
resulted  in  total  blindness  in  the  following  year.  The  Hon.  Francis 
S.  Ke}^  author  of  the  "  Star-Spangled  Banner,"  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  parish,  was  made  lay  reader  at  his  request  and  that  of  the 
vestry,  and  rendered  efficient  ser\  ice.  Mr.  Addison  resigned  in  1821, 
and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Stephen  H.  Tyng.  He  took  charge  of 
Addison  Chapel  and  Rock  Creek  Church  for  two  years,  and  then  after 
an  urgent  request  by  his  old  flock  returned  to  Georgetown,  where  he 
remained  until  1827,  ^hen  he  permanenth'  retired  from  the  active 
duties  of  the  ministry.  From  1830  to  1847  he  lived  in  Washington, 
and  then  removed  to  Baltimore,  where  he  died  at  the  home  of  one  of 
his  sons,  January  31,  1848,  in  his  eightieth  year. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  standing  committee  and 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

deputy  to  the  General  Convention.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Ethan  Allen  says  of 
him:  "Mr.  Addison  was  a  man  of  great  modesty  and  unaffected 
humility,  and  at  the  same  time  of  the  most  unwavering  faith." 

Great  Britain  and  the  United  States,  April,  1809. 
The  course  of  public  affairs  at  the  close  of  the  second  term  of  Mr.  Jeffer- 
son and  the  commencement  of  that  of  Mr.  Madison  was  both  erratic  and 
perplexing.  England  had  claimed  the  right  to  search  American  vessels 
for  British  sailors.  This  was  resisted  and  led  to  the  famous  embargo. 
A  competent  writer  says:  "Commercial  warfare  failed,  the  embargo 
was  repealed,  and  Jefferson,  having  hopelessly  estranged  the  foreign 
relations  and  brought  the  country  to  the  verge  of  civil  war,  retired  to 
private  life  defeated  and  broken,  and  leaving  to  his  successor,  Madi- 
son, and  to  Gallatin  the  task  of  extricating  the  nation  from  its  diffi- 
culties. From  1809  the  new  administration,  drifting  steadily  toward 
war,  struggled  from  one  abortive  and  exasperating  negotiation  to  an- 
other. [Encyclopxd'ia  Jiritannica,  ninth  edition,  vol.  x,  art.  on  Albert 
Gallatin.^ 

David  Montagu  Erskine. 

David  Montagu  Erskine,  who  in  April,  1809,  had  been  recently  ap- 
pointed British  Minister,  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  famous  Lord  Chan- 
cellor. He  M-as  young,  confident,  friendly  to  the  United  States,  and 
disposed  to  construe  his  instructions  liberally-  Robert  Smith,  the  new 
Secretary  of  State,  was  from  Maryland.  Mr.  English  in  this  letter 
reflects  the  public  opinion  of  the  day  in  regard  to  his  weakness  and 
unfitness  for  the  position,  which  has  also  been  the  verdict  of  modern 
historians.  Mr.  Erskine  was  soon  recalled,  and  his  agreement  with 
the  President  repudiated  by  the  British  Prime  Minister. 

David  Montagu  Erskine  was  born  in  1777.  On  December  16, 1799, 
he  married  Frances,  daughter  of  General  John  Cadwalader  of  Phila- 
delphia. He  succeeded  to  the  barony  on  his  father's  death,  Novem- 
ber 17, 1823.  His  wife,  Frances,  died  March  25,  1843.  He  died  March 
19,  1855,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Thomas  Americus. 

Albert  Gallatin. 

Albert  Gallatin  came  from  an  old  and  noble  family,  first  known  in 

Savoy  in  the  thirteenth  century,  and  two  hundred  years  after  li\'ing  in 

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DAVID  ENGLISH 

Geneva,  Switzerland,  where  they  were  the  friends  and  associates  of 
Calvin.  With  two  or  three  other  great  families  they  ruled  that  city 
for  many  generations. 

Born  in  Geneva,  Januarv  29,  1761,  he  was  an  orphan  when  only 
nine  \ears  old,  and  the  sole  survi\or  of  his  immediate  family.  He  was 
w  ell  brought  up  and  educated  by  his  grandparents.  He  graduated 
from  the  College  of  Geneva  in  1779.  He  declined  to  enter  the  army  of 
the  Margrave  of  Hesse,  as  his  grandparents  wished.  In  1780,  with  a 
friend,  M.  Sexre,  he  came  to  Boston  to  hazard  his  fortune  in  the  new 
Republic.  No  family  or  pecuniary  reasons  led  Mr.  Gallatin  to  leave 
home  and  friends.  The  unsettled  state  of  the  country,  then  in  the 
midst  of  the  Revolution,  caused  the  young  partners  to  fail  in  the  busi- 
ness they  had  undertaken,  and  after  spending  a  dreary  winter  in  the 
Maine  forests,  they  returned  to  Boston  without  any  money.  For  a  time 
Mr.  Gallatin  was  instructor  in  French  in  Harvard  College,  but  soon  left 
for  the  frontiers  of  Pennsjlvania  and  Virginia,  w  here  he  engaged  in 
teaching,  and,  like  many  at  that  time,  speculated  in  wild  lands.  He 
married  and  settled  upon  a  farm  in  western  Pennsylvania,  happy  and 
contented ;  but  the  death  of  his  wife  after  a  few  months  caused  him  to 
seek  forgetfulness  of  his  grief  in  politics.  It  was  at  the  height  of  the 
discussion  of  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  1787.  Mr.  Gallatin 
arrayed  himself  with  those  who  opposed  the  federal  idea  of  government 
and  \\ere  first  known  as  Anti-Federalists,  afterwards  as  Republicans. 
He  soon  achieved  success  as  a  party  leader  in  the  state,  and  in  1793  he 
was  chosen  as  United  States  Senator  from  Pennsylvania.  The  Feder- 
alist majoritvin  the  Senate  declared  his  seat  vacant  upon  a  technicality 
as  to  the  length  of  his  citizenship. 

In  the  "Whiskey  Rebellion"  in  western  Pennsylvania  in  1794  Mr. 
Gallatin  took  a  prominent  part  against  the  collection  of  the  excise  tax. 
But  when  he  perceived  that  the  frontiersmen  could  not  be  kept  within 
legal  limits,  stopped  the  United  States  mail,  seized  letters,  and  were 
arraying  themselves  to  resist  the  United  States  authorities,  "w  ith  fine 
courage  he  faced  the  excited  bands  of  riflemen  who  gathered  at  Red- 
stone Old  Fort  on  the  20th  of  August,  1794,  and  opposed  with  vig- 
orous eloquence  the  use  of  force  against  the  Government.  He  checked 
the  excitement  sufficiently  to  prevent  bloodshed  ;  but  he  was  only  just 
in  iixwe.''''  \ Encyclopxcha  Britcinnicci,  u hit h  edition,  vol.  x,  art.  on  Mbert 
Gallatin.^ 

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In  1795  he  was  elected  to  Congress,  and  became  a  leader  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  especially  in  financial  matters.  Bitterly  assailed  by  the 
Federalists,  he  held  his  ground,  and  advocated  such  measures  as  seemed 
to  him  to  conserve  the  rights  of  the  people. 

When  Thomas  Jefferson  became  President,  March  4,  1801,  he  made 
Mr.  Gallatin  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  He  managed  its  affairs  with 
prudence  and  skill  for  twelve  years,  following  substantially  the  policy 
inaugurated  by  Hamilton. 

In  all  the  measures \\hich  preceded  the  actual  declaration  of  war 
against  England  he  was  the  leading  spirit,  although  circumstances 
forced  him  to  act  contrary  to  his  own  theories  of  a  self-governing  people. 
In  1813  he  was  appointed  by  the  President  as  special  envoy  to  Russia 
to  obtain  from  that  power  its  offered  mediation.  Although  mediation 
failed,  he  remained  in  Europe,  presenting  the  American  cause,  and 
was  the  chief  upholder  of  the  rights  of  the  United  States  when  the 
English  and  American  commissioners  met  at  Ghent  in  1814. 

In  1816  Mr.  Gallatin  became  Minister  to  France,  where  he  remained 
seven  years  with  honour  to  himself  and  his  adopted  country.  Return- 
ing in  1823,  he  found  great  political  excitement.  The  use  of  his  name 
as  candidate  for  Vice-President  on  the  Republican  ticket  with  William 
Henry  Crawford  for  President  he  allowed,  but  finally  withdrew  it,  and 
temporarily  returned  to  private  life.  In  1826  he  was  made  Minister 
to  England  by  John  Quincy  Adams,  conducting  some  intricate  ne- 
gotiations with  patience  and  success.  Upon  his  resignation  in  1828  he 
refused  any  further  office.  He  removed  to  the  city  of  New  York,  accepted 
a  position  which  gave  him  a  sufficient  income,  and  devoted  much  time 
to  historical  and  ethnological  research.  His  "Indian  Tribes  East  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains,"  1836,  and  other  works  are  still  standard.  He  was 
a  founder  and  first  president  of  the  Ethnological  Society  of  Amer- 
ica. From  1843  to  1849  he  was  president  of  the  New  York  Histori- 
cal Society.  He  died  August  12,  1849,  in  the  eighty-ninth  year  of  his 
age,  and  was  buried  in  Trinity  Church-yard. 

Mr.  Gallatin,  it  is  said,  "  was  never  a  popular  man,  nor  did  he  ever 
have  a  strong  personal  following,  or  many  attached  friends.  He  stood 
with  Jefferson  and  Madison  at  the  head  of  his  party,  and  Mon  his 
place  by  force  of  character,  courage,  application,  and  great  intellectual 
power.  His  eminent  and  manifold  services  to  his  adopted  country  and 
his  upright  character  assure  him  a  high  position  in  the  History  of  the 
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DAVID  ENGLISH 

United  States."  [i?//r?/r/oyja'f//V/  Britaiuiica,  ninth  edition,  vol.  .r,  p.  40, 
art.  on  Albert  Gallatin. \ 

In  1793  Mr.  Gallatin  married  Hannah,  a  daughter  of  Commodore 
James  Nicholson  of  the  United  States  Navj^.  They  had  t\\o  sons, 
James  and  Albert  Rolaz,  and  one  daughter,  Frances. 

William  Branch  Giles. 

William  Branch  Giles  was  born  in  Amelia  County,  Virginia,  August 
12,  1762.  He  graduated  from  the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  1781.  He 
studied  law  and  practised  in  Petersburg  for  five  years.  He  was  elected 
by  Congress  from  his  district  in  1789  and  served  for  ten  years,  and 
also  from  1801  to  1803.  He  Mas  at  first  a  Federalist,  but  opposition 
to  the  bill  alloM  ing  the  charter  of  the  United  States  Bank  made  him  a 
Republican,  the  term  then  used  for  those  afterwards  knoMn  as  Demo- 
crats. He  opposed  the  Say  Treaty  and  the  war  with  France.  In  1804 
he  was  appointed  to  the  United  States  Senate  by  Governor  Page  of 
Virginia,  in  room  of  Abraham  B.  Venable,  who  had  resigned.  He 
served  by  successive  elections  until  1815.  He  was  Republican  leader 
of  the  Senate  until  the  deposition  of  "the  coterie  "  by  President  Madi- 
son in  181 1.  He  was  governor  of  Virginia  from  1826  to  1829.  He  died 
in  Albemarle  County,  December4,  1830.  He  published  many  political 
papers  and  letters  in  defence  of  his  policj^ 

Robert  Smith  of  Maryland. 

Robert,  a  son  of  John  Smith  of  Strabane,  Ireland,  who  emigrated  to 
Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  Lancaster  County,  Pennsj'lvania,  in  1757. 
In  1759  his  father  removed  to  Baltimore,  where  he  became  a  prosper- 
ous merchant  and  was  prominent  on  pre-Revolutionary  committees. 
He  also  was  a  member  of  the  State  Constitutional  Convention  in  1776, 
and  a  state  senator  from  1781  to  1791.  The  son  was  well  fitted  for 
college,  and  graduated  from  the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  1 78 1 .  He 
volunteered  his  services  to  the  Continental  Army,  and  was  at  the 
batde  of  BrandyM'ine.  After  the  war  he  studied  law  and  opened  an 
office  in  Baltimore.  In  1789  he  was  a  presidential  elector,  a  state  sen- 
ator in  1 793,  and  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  Maryland  from  1796 
to  1800.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baltimore  city  council  from  1798  to 
1801.  In  1801  he  was  made  Secretary  of  the  Navy  by  President  Jef- 
ferson. In  1805  he  was  made  Attornev-General  of  the  United  States. 

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In  1806  he  declined  die  office  of  chancellor  of  Mar3land.  In  1809  he 
became  Secretary  of  State  under  President  Madison.  His  conduct  of 
affairs  at  a  critical  period  ^\■as  marked  by  rashness  and  timidity.  Pro- 
fessor McMaster  says  of  him  in  his  "  History, ' '  volume  iii,  page  339 : 

"Robert  Smith,  of  Maryland,  became  Secretary  of  State.  Todescribe 
this  man  as  the  free  choice  of  Madison  would  be  unjust  to  the  Presi- 
dent. He  was  forced  into  the  Cabinet  by  that  faction  of  the  Senate  which 
hated  Gallatin  and  looked  for  leadership  to  Duane  of  the  Aurora,  and 
to  Senators  Giles  and  Samuel  Smith.  They  had  begun  by  demanding 
for  him  the  Secretaryship  of  the  Treasury,  and  Madison  had  thought 
for  a  while  of  giving  way.  But  Gallatin  \vould  accept  no  other  place; 
Madison  could  not  spare  him,  and  Smith  was  given  the  Department 
of  State.  Vain,  talkative,  wanting  in  discretion,  ignorant  of  the  duties 
of  his  post,  he  Avas  wholly  unfit  for  the  great  office,  and  in  a  few  weeks 
the  President  was  forced  to  add  to  the  duties  of  an  Executive,  the 
duties  of  a  Secretary  of  State." 

Early  in  1811  the  President  determined  to  assert  himself  and  no  longer 
be  ruled  by  the  little  coterie  of  politicians  which  had  for  two  years 
dictated  the  course  of  affairs  in  Congress  and  all  appointments.  It  was 
composed  of  William  Duane,  Michael  Leib,  the  brothers  Robert  and 
Samuel  Smith,  and  William  Giles.  The  President  requested  the  resig- 
nation of  Robert  Smith  and  offered  him  the  post  of  Minister  to  Russia, 
which  had  just  become  vacant  by  the  resignation  of  John  Quincy 
Adams.  Mr.  Smith  angrily  declined  it,  resigned  his  portfolio,  and 
went  home  to  Baltimore.  He  employed  his  time  in  writing  an  address 
to  the  people  of  the  United  States,  into  which  he  put  abuse  of  the 
President  and  defended  himself.  It  was  regarded  even  by  his  friends  as 
an  ill-advised  production.  Mr.  Smith  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in 
the  conduct  of  his  law  practice.  In  1813  he  Mas  made  president  of  the 
Maryland  branch  of  the  American  Bible  Society.  He  was  provost  of 
the  University  of  Maryland  from  1813  to  1815.  He  died  in  Baltimore, 
November  26,  1842,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five. 

Ann  Smith. 

For  notice  see  page  204. 

Jane  Wiley. 

For  notice  see  page  204. 

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ROBERT  GIBSON 

THE  name  of  this  gentleman  is  not  found  in  any  published  records 
of  the  city  of  Charleston,  nor  are  any  particulars  concerning  him 
available. 


[  From  Robert  Gibson  ] 

Charleston,  S.  C,  April  1809. 

D^  Rev^Sir! 

I  HAVE  charged  my  Son  who  will  hand  you  this,  to  do  him- 
self the  pleasure  of  a  call  upon  you,  as  he  passes  through 
N  York  on  his  way  to  Yale  College,  for  the  purpose  of  be- 
coming a  Student  and  pursuing  such  a  course  of  Studies  there, 
as  will  with  the  Assistance  and  Blessing  of  the  Almighty  fit 
him  for  the  Ministry  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  he  has  entered 
his  eighteenth  year  and  from  his  acquirements  and  a  desire 
to  pursue  them,  I  anticipate  the  great  happiness  of  seeing  him 
in  due  time  serving  his  Lord,  and  laboring  in  the  same  Vine- 
yard in  which  you  so  conspicously  shine, 

With  every  Sentiment  of  Respe6l, 
I  remain  D'  Sir, 

Your  humble  Servant, 

RoB^.  Gibson. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev?  Doct.  Hobart  New  York. 

Pr. 

Rob.  Gibson  jun'. 


ANNOTATION 

Robert  Gibson ,  Jr. 

Robert  Gibson,  Jr.,  entered  Yale  College  in  1809  and  graduated  in 

1812.  He  studied  theology  at  Princeton,  having  abandoned  his  design 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

of  entering  the  ministry  of  the  Church.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  and  served  Presbyterian  churches 
in  New  Jersey.  In  1818  he  was  engaged  in  missionary  work  under  the 
Presbyterian  General  Assembly  in  Mississippi.  He  died  at  Princeton, 
New  Jersey,  March  15,  1829,  in  his  thirty-eighth  year. 


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SARAH  STARTIN 

SARAH  Startin  was  the  widow  of  Charles  Startin,  who  was  the 
largest  and  wealthiest  dry  goods  merchant  of  his  time  in  New 
York.  His  store  was  at  No.  225  Broadway,  in  the  block  now  occupied 
by  the  Astor  House.  He  died  in  1804.  His  widow  lived  in  a  large  and 
elegant  mansion  at  No.  233  Broadway,  adjoining  the  garden  of  John 
C.  Vanden  Heuvel,  in  the  block  between  Barclay  Street  and  Park 
Place.  She  \\  as  very  highly  respected,  and  noted  for  her  unostentatious 
charities.  She  was  a  de\out  Churchwoman,  and  a  member  of  Trinity 
Parish.  She  had  a  high  esteem  and  veneration  for  Dr.  Hobart.  She 
died  January  24,  1822. 

In  "The  Christian  Journal  "  for  February,  1822,  there  appeared  the 
following  notice : 

Mrs.  Sarah  Startin, 

Died,  in  the  city  of  New-York,  on  Thursday,  the  24th  of  January, 
1822,  in  the  75th  year  of  her  age,  Mrs.  Sarah  Startin. 
The  language  of  truth  would  pronounce  concerning  this  lady  that 
she  has  left  a  bright  example  of  e\ery  social  and  Christian  virtue. 
Her  heart,  singularly  kind  and  tender,  was  animated  by  the  princi- 
ples and  hopes  of  religion,  which  controlled  all  her  view's,  and  regu- 
lated all  her  conduct.  She  lived  to  make  others  happy ;  and  her  soul 
\\  as  habitually  elevated  with  gratitude  to  the  Giver  of  all  good  for  the 
blessings  which  she  enjoyed ;  among  which  she  principally  ranked  the 
disposition  and  the  means  of  dispensing  happiness.  Her  income  was 
liberally  dcA'oted  to  objects  of  piety  and  benevolence,  and  particularly 
to  the  Orphan  Asylum,  which  is  largely  indebted  to  her  pecuniary 
aid,  and  to  her  long  continued  and  faithful  services.  But  it  would 
be  impossible  to  enumerate  those  many  gifts  of  private  beneficence, 
which  were  marked  not  less  by  kindness  in  intention,  than  by  liber- 
ality and  delicacy  in  the  amount  and  in  the  manner.  Unaffected  and 
deeply  sincere  in  her  piety,  she  lived  in  constant  communion  with 
her  heavenly  Father  in  her  private  devotions,  and  especially  in  the 
ordinances  of  the  Church,  the  worship  of  which  it  was  her  delight 
to  attend  not  only  on  Sundays,  but  on  the  stated  prayer  days,  and  on 
the  festivals  and  fasts  of  the  week.  She  was  always  ready  to  aid  in 
extending  the  principles  and  services  of  the  Church  to  which  she  was 

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warmly  attached,  and  of  the  interests  of  which  slie  has  not  been  un- 
mindful in  her  testamentary  bequests.  Though  she  could  enjoy  the 
retrospect  of  a  long  life  devoted  to  the  service  of  God,  and  the  good 
of  others,  her  humility  prevented  the  approving  testimony  of  con- 
science from  exciting  a  single  emotion  of  vain  glory ;  and  she  relied 
for  acceptance  only  on  the  merits  of  the  Divine  Advocate  with  the 
Father.  During  a  severe  illness,  and  in  extreme  suffering,  she  would 
seek  to  still  the  groans  of  frail  nature,  by  the  consideration  that  her 
Saviour  suffered  more — and  it  was  her  prayer  to  her  Father  in  heaven, 
that  he  would  do  with  her  as  to  his  infinite  wisdom  seemed  best. 
Excellent  woman  !  long  will  those  who  enjoyed  thy  friendship  cherish 
the  remembrance  of  thy  unaffected  piety  —  thy  considerate,  kind,  and 
tender  benevolence  —  happy  if  in  the  imitation  of  thy  virtues  they  can 
indulge  the  hope  of  meeting  thee  at  the  resurrection  of  the  just. 

There  having  been  much  conversation  respecting  the  residuary  leg- 
acy of  the  excellent  lady  whose  death  is  recorded  above,  the  Publish- 
ers have  obtained  a  copy  of  the  clause  of  the  will  directing  the  dis- 
position of  the  said  legacy,  which,  they  are  informed,  will  amount  to 
from  twelve  to  fifteen  thousand  dollars. 

"And  as  to,  for  and  concerning  all  the  rest,  residue  and  remainder  of 
my  estate,  of  what  nature  or  kind  soever  and  wheresoever  not  herein 
specifically  given  and  disposed  of,  I  give  and  bequeath  the  same,  and 
every  part  thereof,  unto  the  aforesaid  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart, 
Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  state  of  New-York, 
his  executors  or  administrators  ;  upon  trust,  nevertheless,  to  place  the 
same  at  interest  on  real  security,  or  to  invest  the  same  in  such  of  the 
public  funds  or  stocks  as  he  or  they  shall  think  most  secure  and  pro- 
ductive, either  in  his  or  their  own  name  or  names,  or  else  in  the  name 
or  names  of  such  trustee  or  trustees  as  he  or  they  shall  see  fit  to  ap- 
point; and,  in  like  manner,  from  time  to  time,  to  invest  or  place  at 
interest,  in  like  stocks  or  securities,  the  interest  or  dividends  arising 
therefrom,  so  as  to  produce  as  great  an  accumulation  of  principal  as 
reasonably  may  be  in  the  nature  of  compound  interest,  until  he  or  they 
shall  think  proper  to  expend,  apply,  and  lay  out  the  whole  of  the  said 
principal  sum,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  any  manner  or  way  he  or  they, 
in  their  discretion,  may  think  proper  or  necessary,  or  likely  best  to  pro- 
mote religion  and  learning,  and  to  ad\'ance  the  interests  of  the  Pro- 
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SARAH  STARTIN 

testant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America.  Pro\ided, 
that  in  some  college,  academy,  or  seminary  now  established,  or  that 
may  hereafter  be  established  in  some  part  of  the  United  States,  for  the 
purpose  of  theological  instruction,  or  for  the  purpose  of  general  learn- 
ing, or  for  both  purposes  conjointly,  there  be  instituted  a  professorship 
bearing  the  name  of  my  deceased  husband,  and  to  be  denominated  the 
Charles  Startin  Professorship,  to  the  support  of  which  a  portion  of  the 
income  of  tlie  principal  of  the  aforesaid  legacy  shall  be  annually  de- 
voted; and  provided  also,  that  whenever  the  principal  sum,  to  arise 
from  the  said  legacy,  shall,  notwithstanding  previous  appropriations, 
so  accumulate  as  to  amount  to  $50,000,  then  the  same  shall  be  per- 
manently appropriated  and  applied  to  one  or  more  of  the  objects  above 
specified,  in  the  discretion  of  the  said  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart, 
his  executors,  or  administrators." 

Dr.  Berrian  in  his  "  Memoir, "  after  mentioning  the  permanent  estab- 
lishment of  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  the  city  of  New  York 
in  1822,  says  on  page  251: 

"During  this  )ear  also,  a  residuary  legacy  of  considerable  amount 
was  left  to  Bishop  Hobart  by  Mrs.  Sarah  Startin,  in  trust,  for  the 
purposes  of  promoting  religion  and  learning  in  the  State  of  New- 
York.  A  portion  of  it,  agreeably  to  the  Mill,  was  appropriated  to  the 
endowment  of  a  professorship  in  Geneva  College,  bearing  the  name 
of  her  husband,  and  the  income  of  the  remainder  was  to  be  applied 
in  such  ways  as  the  Bishop  might  deem  most  conducive  to  the  in- 
terests of  our  Church.  This  bequest  was  likewise  made  in  compliance 
with  his  suggestions  and  wishes.  She  was  in  a  great  measure  free 
to  dispose  of  her  fortune  according  to  her  pleasure,  for  there  was  no 
material  interference  with  it  on  the  score  of  relationship  or  duty.  She 
had  no  children  of  her  own,  and  a  suitable  provision  was  made  for 
an  orphan  whom  she  had  adopted.  Simple,  prudent,  and  even  economi- 
cal in  her  habits,  she  had  always  been  profuse  in  her  bount}'  to  others. 
Her  respect  for  the  Bishop  amounted  almost  to  veneration,  and  her 
attachment  for  his  family  was  truly  maternal.  They  had  received 
many  substantial  proofs  of  her  kindness  during  her  life,  and  a  still 
more  important  one  was  furnished  bv  a  liberal  pro\  ision  which  she 
made  in  their  behalf  in  her  last  will.  She  wanted  to  carry  this  farther, 
and  to  lea\  e  the  whole  of  the  residuary  legacy,  which  the  Bishop  had 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

prevailed  upon  her  to  appl}-  to  public  purposes,  for  his  private  benefit; 
but  though  she  pressed  it  upon  him  with  the  greatest  earnestness, 
yet,  with  a  delicacy,  disinterestedness,  and  consistency,  which  \\ould 
not  perhaps  have  been  shown  by  most  men,  he  decidedly  opposed 
this  diversion  of  it  from  its  original  and  laudable  designs.  I  received 
this  account,  short!}'  after  her  death,  from  the  Bishop  himself." 

It  will  be  remembered  that  the  present  name  of  Geneva  College  is 
Hobart  College. 

On  page  108  of  the  "Memoirs  of  Mrs.  Joanna  Bethune,"  it  is  said  : 

"Mrs.  Sarah  Startin  was  one  of  those  on  whom,  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  institution  in  1806,  the  asylum  rested.  Elected  a  member 
of  the  first  Board  of  Trustees,  she  contributed  her  wisdom,  faith,  and 
courage  during  the  difficulties  of  organizing  the  charity  and  bringing 
it  before  the  Christian  community  for  support.  Mrs.  Startin  was  the 
widow  of  an  eminent  English  merchant,  so  holding  a  high  place  in 
society ;  and  the  estimation  in  which  she  was  held  as  an  intelligent, 
consistent  Christian,  enabled  her  to  commend  it  efi'ectually  to  the  pat- 
ronage of  the  best  as  well  as  the  most  influential  people  in  the  city, 
and  thus  contributed  to  make  broad  the  foundations  of  its  future  great 
prosperity.  At  the  first  Mrs.  Bethune  cheerfully  imdertook  the  office 
of  Treasurer,  but  her  feeble  health,  with  the  cares  of  her  family,  com- 
pelled her  to  resign  it  at  the  end  of  two  years,  when  (1809)  Mrs. 
Startin  was  chosen  to  succeed  her,  and  continued  to  serve  until  1821." 

On  page  110  an  extract  from  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Orphan 
Asylum  for  1822  is  given: 

"Since  the  last  annual  meeting  the  Board  have  been  bereaved  of 
their  First  Directress  (Mrs.  Hoffman)and  late  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Startin, 
to  whom  they  were  accustomed  to  look  for  counsel  and  assistance  in 
every  season  of  discouragement  and  doubt.  In  reflecting  on  the  char- 
acters of  their  venerable  associates,  whose  loss  we  now  lament,  we 
admire  the  bright  example  they  afforded  of  active  benevolence,  and  a 
piety  steadfast  as  it  was  sincere,  which  warmed  while  it  elevated  the 
heart,  and  shone  with  great  and  greater  lustre  unto  the  perfect  day. 
The  memory  of  these  ladies  is  deeph'  engraven  on  the  hearts  of  the 
Board  as  they  recollect  the  spirit  of  charity  which  pervaded  their  in- 
tercourse in  life,  and  their  unwearied  diligence  in  accomplishing  the 
plan  of  this  Orphan  Asylum,  and  rejoice  to  know  that  on  them  has 
descended  'the  blessing  of  many  readv  to  perish.'  " 

c  218  i 


SAli.\H  STARTIN 

[  From  Sarah  Startin  ] 

Dear  Sir. 

YOUR  favor  of  the  26  of  last  Month  ought  to  have  had 
an  acknowledgment  in  waiting  for  your  return.  I  hope 
you  will  excuse  the  omission.  Enclosed  is  a  Check  for  four 
hundred  Dollars.  The  remainder  shall  be  redy  at  the  time  you 
mention,  do  not  trouble  yourself  with  a  Note  until  the  whole 
is  Paid.  With  sincere  wishes  for  your  long  enjoyment  of 
Health,  and  Comfort,  and  for  success  in  all  your  undertakings. 
I  remain  dear  Sir  with  Respect  and  Aflb61:ion  Yours 

Sarah  Startin. 

B  Way  May  i^'  1809. 

No  superscription. 

Endorsement  in  Dr.  Hobart^s  handwriting: 
Sarah  Startin.  1809. 


C  219  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait",   May  6,  I  809. 

Rev.  &  DEAR  Sir, 

NEARLY  three  months  have  elapsed,  since  you  pro- 
mised to  write  to  me,  on  the  subje6l  of  your  magazine, 
as  treated  in  my  last;  but  your  promise  remains  unfulfilled. 
I  am  sorry  for  it,  as  I  am  persuaded,  that  the  plan,  which  I 
suggested,  is  the  best,  &  I  think  that  the  interests  of  the  work 
suffer  from  your  delay. 

I  have  received  a  letter  from  the  Rev')  W'"  H  Wilmer,  who 
has  succeeded  D"^  Kewley  in  Chestertown,  informing  me,  that 
the  subscribers  there  are  desirous  of  receiving  the  magazine 
still,  &  that  he  thinks  he  can  probably  procure  many  more. 
It  will  therefore  be  advisable  for  you  to  send  in  future  twenty 
copies  for  Chestertown,  instead  of  ten. 

Your  communication  concerning  Mr  C  has  been  treated,  as 
you  requested.  The  vestry  dropt  the  idea  of  him;  &  after  a 
long  delay,  they  have  elected  Dl'  Moore.  Within  the  last  four 
months,  there  has  been  a  gradually  increasing  opinion  in  his 
favour,  which  has  now  become  pretty  general;  so  that  his 
appointment  is  generally  acceptable.  I  sincerely  lament,  that 
the  choice  did  not  fall  on  the  Rev.  Mr.  Beasley ;  but  it  unfor- 
tunately happens,  that  too  few  are  able  sufficiently  to  estimate 
such  talents  as  he  possesses,  &  too  many  are  led  by  the  ear, 
in  choosing  officers  of  the  utmost  importance. 

Do  you  recolle6l,  that  you  introduced  me  to  Mr  Coleman.'' 
Have  the  goodness  to  call  upon  him,  &  inform  him,  that  I 
addressed  him  some  months  since,  on  the  subje6l  of  a  pay- 
ment made  for  the  Herald,  through  mistake,  to  a  young  gen- 
tleman, whom  his  clerk  had,  through  mistake,  commissioned 
to  colle6l  from  the  direftors  of  the  library,  whom  Mr  Cole- 

C  220  ] 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

man  promised  me,  in  your  presence,  to  supply  with  the  paper 
gratuitously.  As  he  has  not,  through  want  of  leisure  or  inclina- 
tion, been  polite  enough  to  answer  my  letter,  though  couched 
in  the  civillest  terms,  &  postpaid  besides,  I  will  thank  you  to 
ask  him  either  to  send  me  a  written  answer,  or  to  make  to 
you  such  a  verbal  communication,  as  will  enable  you  to  give 
me  one. 

I  remain,  dear  &  Rev,  Sir, 

Your  affi  brother  &  friend 

Jos«  G.  J.  Bend 

Superscription: 

The  Rev?  John  H  Hobart,  D.D.  Greenwich  Street,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman' s  Magazhie. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

JVilliam  Henry  Wilmer. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  466. 

John  Kezv/ey. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  October  8,  1812. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

Richard  Channing  Moore. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  25,  1814. 

Frederic  Beasley. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  325. 

JVilliam  Coleman. 

For  notice  see  \'olume  V,  page  298. 

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WILLIAM  DAY 

WILLIAM  Day  was  probably  a  small  farmer  or  mechanic  at 
Chatham,  New  Jersey.  The  allusion  in  the  following  letter  is 
to  the  work  being  done  at  Dr.Hobart's  recently  purchased  residence 
at  Short  Hills. 


[  William  Day  to  Elias  Bayley  Dayton  ] 

Chatham  May  g'^  1809. 

Sir 

PLEAS  to  inform  M''  Hobert  I  have  engaged  a  Painter 
to  Doe  his  work  he  will  begin  on  Tuesday  I  have  a  pros- 
pe6l  of  giting  a  good  hand  to  work  his  place  according  to  Re- 
quest. M"^  Hobert  will  pleas  to  call  and  see  me  when  he  comes 
to  Chatham  this  from  your  friend 

W^'  Day. 
E  B  Dayton. 

No  superscription. 


C    222    -\ 


ELIAS  BAYLEY  DAYTON 

[  From  Elias  Baylev  Dayton  ] 

Eliz'.'' Town   la'*"  May  1809 

Dear  Sir, 

I  HAVE  received  your  letter  by  Potter  &  paid  him  $345. 
for  the  consideration  money  in  the  Deed,  &  $8^  for 
manure.  I  have  also  sent  you  I20  by  him.  The  Paint  which 
you  ask  for  was  sent  by  Hyer  the  day  before  yesterday,  the 
Oil  was  in  readiness  but  he  declined  taking  it. 

A  letter  was  enclosed  to  you  yesterday  afternoon,  by  Caleb 
Blanchard,  from  your  brother,  communicating  the  information 
of  the  death  of  your  Sister. 
Mr.  Potter  will  deliver  you  some  melon  seeds. 
Yours  truely 

E.  B.  Dayton. 

Rev^J.  H.  Hobart. 

No  superscription. 


C  223  ] 


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ANNOTATIONS 

Demas  Potter. 

On  May  11,  1809,  Demas  Potter  and  Mary,  his  wife,  conveyed  to 
Dr.  Hobart  a  tract  of  land  in  the  township  of  Springfield,  New  Jersey, 
containing  three  acres  and  a  half,  for  a  consideration  of  three  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

Mr.  Heyer. 

For  notice  see  page  188. 

Caleb  Blanchard. 

Caleb  Blanchard  was  a  descendant  of  John  Blanchard,  whose  name 
was  sometimes  written  Blanshard  or  Blankshaw  in  early  documents 
and  ledgers.  He  was  of  French  origin,  and  opened  a  general  store 
in  Elizabeth  To^vn  in  1700.  In  1703  he  purchased  a  house  and  lot 
for  eighty  pounds  from  Mr.  Harriman.  He  held  various  town  offices. 
He  died  after  1720.  Several  of  his  descendants  were  distinguished  in 
the  Re\olution.  There  are  no  particulars  available  con'cerning  Caleb 
Blanchard.  It  is  possible  that  he  continued  the  general  store  established 
more  than  a  century  before  the  mention  of  him  by  Mr.  Dayton. 

Mary  Hobart. 

The  allusion  of  Mr.  Dayton  was  to  Dr.  Hobart's  sister  Mary,  who  was 
born  at  Philadelphia,  May  3, 1759.  She  was  known  in  the  familj^as 
"  Poll}'."  She  is  often  mentioned  in  the  letters  of  Mrs.  Hobart  to  her 
son  in  Volumes  I  and  II.  She  was  for  many  years  a  helpless  invalid. 


C    224    n 


JOHN  ROWE  PARKER 

[  From  John  Rowe  Parker  ] 

Boston  May  20'''  1809 

Revd  Sir 

THE  bearer  a  relation  of  mine  is  M'^  Saml  H  Parker  of 
the  house  of  Munroe  Francis  &  Parker  of  this  place, 
their  house  have  a  considerable  subscription  for  the  "  Church- 
maji's  Magazine"  u^on  which  subje6l  M"^  P  will  confer  with 
you,  whatever  attention  you  may  feel  disposed  to  bestow 
upon  this  gentleman  will  confer  a  favour  upon 
Your  friend  &  Humble  Serv* 

John  R  Parker 

No  superscription. 

ANNOTATIONS 

Munroe,  Francis  &  Parker. 
For  notice  see  page  149. 

Samuel  H.  Parker. 

This  gentleman  w  as  a  nephew  of  Samuel  Parker,  Bishop  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  married  his  daughter  Mary. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 


[    225    n 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Bela  Hubbard  ] 

New  Haven  May  zz"*  1809. 
Rev".  &  DEAR  SIR, 

I  Sincerely  thank  you  for  introducing  M^  Chapman  to  my 
acquaintance,  he  is  a  pleasing  modest  &  sensible  young 
man,  he  gave  yesterday  good  satisfa6lion  in  his  performances 
in  my  Church  to  the  Vestry  parishioners  and  myself,  and  the 
Vestry  having  unanimously  requested  him  to  return  in  July 
next  when  if  the  tenns  of  a  durable  settlement  as  an  assist- 
ant in  this  Church  should  meet  with  his  approbation  I  think 
we  shall  all  be  happy.  I  am  dear  sir  with  esteem  &  afFe<51ion 
yours  &c  Bela  Hubbard. 

Rev  D".  Hobart. 

Superscription: 

Rev".  D'*.  Hobart.  New  York, 
favoured  by 
Rev  M'  Chapman. 


ANNOTATION 


James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 


[   206  ] 


JAMES  ROBERTSON 

[  From  James  Robertson  ] 

Philad%  24  May  I  809. 

My  dear  John! 

I  Received  your  letter  some  time  ago, enclosing  one  for  M"" 
Burnet.  As  I  can  receive  no  letters  more  acceptable  to  me 
than  from  you,  they  are  always  welcome,  be  the  occasion  what 
it  may;  and  it  seems  I  may  consider  myself  fortunate,  that 
business  could  extort  one  from  you,  especially  after  you  were 
candid  enough  to  say,  that  probably  nothing  else  would  have 
brought  it  so  soon.  As  to  the  charge  of  my  being  no  better  than 
yourself  in  that  respe6l — I  am  not  ready  to  acquiesce  in  it,tho' 
perhaps  the  less  I  say  about  it  the  better. 

Shall  we  see  you  here  with  your  family  this  summer.'' 

The  recent  change  in  your  brother's  family,  the  death  of 
your  sister,  must  have  come  suddenly  upon  you.  Though  all 
hopes  of  her  recovery  were  long  since  at  an  end,  yet  her 
death,  could  not  be  viewed  by  her  connexion,  without  emo- 
tion. At  the  same  time  I  cannot  help  viewing  it  as  a  favour- 
able event.  If  she  had  not  been  conscious  of  great  positive 
misery  she  had  long  since  ceased  to  have  any  enjoyment,  and 
could  not  fail  to  be  a  constant  source  of  anxiety,  and  even  be 
distressing,  to  her  relatives.  It  must  be  a  very  great  consola- 
tion to  your  brother  that  he  has  so  faithfully,  and  dilligently 
attended  to  all  her  wants. 

When  I  was  in  New  York,  I  saw  among  your  books  a  vol- 
ume of  sermons  by  Dr.  Tucker  ofGloucester.  I  have  frequently 
tried  since  to  get  a  copy  of  them, but  without  success. There 
are  two  or  three  of  them,  I  want  very  much  to  read,  so  that  if 
you  can  spare  tlie  vol.  a  few  weeks,  I  wish  you  would  send 
it  by  the  bearer.  I  shall  take  great  care  of  it  and  return  it  soon. 

The  bearer,  M'iTarin,  is  in  your  brother's  office.  I  suppose 

C  227  ] 


HOBART  CORI^SPONDENCE 

he  has  a  letter  for  you.  He  is  a  very  genteel  young  man ;  and 
I  am  persuaded  he  is  very  faithful,  as  well  as  very  useful  to 
your  brother. 

When  I  first  heard  of  his  going  to  New  York,  I  thought  of 
sending  for  the  book  by  him,  and  intended  to  write  a  long 
letter;  but  as  usual,  I  did  not  begin  it,  untill  he  was  almost 
ready  to  start.  Perhaps  sometime  or  other,  I  may  do  it. 

Our  friends  here  are  all  well,  remember  me  to  Mrs.  H. 
Yours  Affe6f ionately, 

J.  Robertson. 

Superscription: 

Rev".  Jno.  H.  Hobart  New  York. 
M;  Tarin. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Jacob  Burnet. 

For  notice  see  Volume  I,  page  21. 

Mary  Hobart. 

For  notice  see  page  224. 

Jos  I  ah  Tucker. 

Josiah  Tucker  ^\■as  born  at  Langharne,  Carmarthensliire,  in  1711,  and 
educated  in  St.  John's  College,  Oxford.  Hewas  curate  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  Bristol,  1737;  minor  canon  of  the  cathedral,  rector  of  St. 
Stephen's  Parish,  1749  ;  a  prebendary  of  Bristol,  1756;  and  dean  of 
Gloucester,  1758.  He  died  in  1799.  His  reputation  rests  rather  on 
his  political  than  on  his  theological  \\orks.  He  advocated  a  peaceable 
separation  of  Great  Britain  and  the  American  colonies.  The  sermons  to 
A\  hich  James  Robertson  alludes  are  probably  the  six  sermons  published 
in  1772. 

Mr.  Tarin. 

The  name  of  this  gentleman  is  not  in  the  Philadelphia  Directories  from 

1808  to  1813,  nor  are  there  any  available  particulars  concerning  him. 

C    228    3 


ELIAS  BAYLEY  DAYTON 

[  From  Elias  Bavley  Dayton  ] 

Eliz?'  Town  24'.''  May  1809 

D^SIR, 

THE  price  which  I  have  usually  paid  for  carting  up  your 
boards  is  one  penny  each,  but  it  was  by  way  of  back 
loads  &  I  am  of  opinion  with  Mr.  Cotterill  that  if  he  comes 
down  expressly  for  them  he  should  receive  2.'^  each  for  them. 
If  you  should  want  more  &  should  not  be  in  a  hurry  for  them, 
they  may  be  sent  as  back  loads  for  1^  each. 
Yours  Truely 


E.  B.  Dayton. 


Rev?  Mr.  Hobart. 

Superscription: 

Rev?  DoCT?  Hobart  at  the  Hill 


ANNOTATION 

Mr.  Cotterill. 

Mr.  Cotterill  was  evidendy  a  truckman,  or  some  person  employed  in 

connection  with  the  biiildina:  on  Short  Hills. 


[   229   ] 


AMOS  PARDEE 

AMOS,  the  youngest  child  of  Stephen  and  Mabel  (Russell)  Par- 
.Z\.  dee,  was  born  at  East  Haven, Connecticut,  in  1770.  He  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1793.  He  then  studied  theolog}-,  and  was  made 
deacon  by  the  Rev. Dr.  Bass  of  Massachusetts  in  1798.  He  served 
the  parishes  in  Pawlet  and  Wells,  in  the  State  of  Vermont.  He  was 
ordained  priest  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Jarvis  of  Connecticut,  January 
20,  1799.  He  became  rector  of  St.  Luke's,  Lanesborough,  Berkshire 
County,  in  1802,  and  after  his  resignation  of  that  parish,  in  1813, 
did  missionary  work  for  many  years  in  northern  and  western  New 
York.  He  died  at  Caldwell,  on  Lake  George,  December  21,  1849. 

Dr.  Samuel  Brenton  Shaw,  his  successor,  after  an  interval,  at  Lanes- 
borough,  says  in  his  "Centennial  Sermon,"  October  6,  1867,  on  page 
1 1 ,  that  he  was  ' '  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  could  appreciate  unob- 
trusive worth  and  unpretending  piety."  His  son  Isaac  was  for  long 
a  clergyman  in  New  York,  and  died  in  New  York  City  in  1857.  Par- 
ticulars concerning  him  will  be  found  in  Volume  III,  page  493. 


[  Amos  Pardee  to  Thomas  and  James  Swords  ] 

Lanesborough  May  the  24th  1809 

Dear  Sir 

I  WISH  you  would  send  me  Thomas  Gisborn's  and  Theo- 
philus  St.  John's  sermons,  if  you  have  not  got  them,  please 
to  send  me  George  Henry  Glass  and  John  Farrer's.  I  send 
you  by  the  bearer,  Mr  Ezra  Hall,  eight  Dollars  to  pay  for 
them,  and  if  there  is  something  over  give  me  so  much  credit 
towards  the  Magazines  — 

I  would  inform  you  that  I  have  received  no  magazines  since 
July  &  August  and  wish  you  to  send  me  the  remainder  for 
last  year  by  the  bearer  and  I  will  endevour  to  colle6l  the 
money  for  them  as  soon  as  possible  and  send  it  to  you.  I  can 
not  promise  you  that  any  Magazines  can  be  disposed  of  the 

C  230  J 


AMOS  PARDEE 

present  year  in  this  place,  though  I  should  like  to  have  one  for 
myself — 

Please  also  to  send  me  six  of  Hobert's  companions  to  the 
Altar,  and  three  of  his  companions  to  the  Fasts  and  Festivals, 
and  I  will  dispose  of  them  for  you  and  send  you  the  money, 
your  humble  Servant  Amos  Pardee 

T  &  J .  Swords 

Superscription  : 

T  &  J.  Swords  New  York  Pearl  Street  No.  i6o  — 


annotations 
Thomas  Gishorne. 

Thomas  Gisborne  was  born  at  Derb)',  England,  in  1758.  He  was 
educated  at  Harrow,  and  in  1776  proceeded  to  St.  John's  College,  Cam- 
bridge. He  was  made  deacon  in  1781,  and  priest  in  1782.  In  1783 
he  received  the  appointment  of  perpetual  curate  of  Barton-under- 
Needwood,  Staffordshire.  His  home  \\as Goxhall  Lodge,  near  Barton. 
In  1826  he  was  made  a  prebendary  of  Durham.  He  died  in  1846. 
Several  of  his  publications  became  verj' popular.  Among  his  works  are : 
Principles  of  Moral  Philosophy.  London,  1789.  Fourth  edition,  to 

which  is  added  Remarks  relative  to  Slave  Trade.  1798 
An  Enquiry  into  the  Duties  of  Man  in  the  Higher  Rank  and  Middle 

Classes  of  Society  in  Great  Britain.  1794,  1795 
Walks  in  a  Forest,  or  Poems.  1794.  Second  edition.  1797 
Sermons  on  St.  Paul's  Episde  to  the  Colossians.  1816 
The  Testimony  of  Natural  Theology  to  ChrisUanity.  1818 
An  Enquiry  respecting  Love  as  one  of  the  Divine  Attributes.  1838 

Theophilus  St.  John  [Samuel  Clapham  ). 

Samuel  Clapham  published  under  the  name  of  Theophilus  St.  John: 

Original  Sermons.  1790 

Practical  Sermons.  1803 

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Charges  of  Massillon,  from  the  French.  1805 

The  Pentateuch  or  Five  Books  of  Moses  Illustrated.  1818 

A  notice  of  Mr.  Clapham  will  be  found  in  Volume  V,  page  197. 

Henry  George  Glasse. 

Henry  George  Glasse,  whose  surname  was  sometimes  written  Glass, 
was  rector  of  Hanwell,  Middlesex,  England,  from  1785  to  his  death 
in  1809.  Besides  sermons  published  between  1785  and  1805  his  pub- 
lications are: 
Contemplations  from  the  Sacred  History,  altered  from  Bishop  Hall. 

Four  volumes.  1793 
Translations  into  Greek  Verse  of  Mason's  Caractacus.  1 78 1-83  ;  and 
Milton's  Samson  Agonistes.  1788 

John  Farrer. 

John  Farrer  was  a  divine  of  repute.  Among  his  publications  are : 

Hebrew  Poems.  1780 

America — A  Poem.  1780 

Sermons.  1801 

Sermons  on  the  Mission  and  Character  of  Christ,  A\'ith  those  preached 

at  the  Bampton  Lectures.  1804 
Sermons  on  the  Parables.  New  edition.  1809 

Ezra  Hall. 

Ezra  Hall  was  a  descendant  of  Ambrose  Hall,  one  of  the  original  set- 
tlers of  Lanesborough  in  1754.  He  appears  to  have  been  a  member 
of  St.  Luke's  Church,  of  which  Mr.  Pardee  was  then  the  rector. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  HI,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Hobart's  Companion  for  the  Altar. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  460,  and  Volume  V,  page  168. 

Nelson's  Festivals  and  Fasts. 
For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  339. 

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JOSEPH  PRENTICE 

[  From  Joseph  Prentice  ] 

Athens,  May  2<)']l  1809  — 

Rev  &  Dear  Sir, 

IT  is  a  long  time  since  I  had  the  pleasure  of  a  line  from 
you;  excepting  through  the  channel  of  the  Magazine.  I 
hope  you  enjoy  health,  &  all  the  happiness,  which  the  most  per- 
fe6t  devotion  to  the  interests  of  Religion  can  confer.  I  must 
plead  necessity  for  troubling  you  with  the  enquiry  whether 
the  Commentaries  of  Patrick  &  Lowth,  are  within  your  know- 
ledge, to  be  obtained.''  &  if  so  at  what  price.''  Also  whether 
Lawrence's  Sermons,  mentioned  in  a  late  pamphlet,  intitled 
"  a  letter  from  an  Old  fashioned  Churchman  "can  be  obtained .'' 
I  would  wish  likewise  to  ask  if  you  know  whether,  the  Sir 
George  Macklin  who  lately  fought  a  Duel  in  Philadelphia, 
is  the  Sir  George  Macklin,  who  preached  near  Newburgh, 
&  whose  cause  was  advocated  by  Mr  Jones.?  If  convenient  to 
reply  to  these  or  any  of  these  enquiries  you  will  confer  a 
favor. 

Day  after  to  morrow  with  the  leave  of  Divine  providence, 
I  shall  set  out  for  a  second  visit  to  the  Ch  in  Stamford  &  coun- 
try adjacent.  I  spent  about  three  weeks  last  Jan^  on  duty  in 
those  parts. — 

At  that  time  made  an  appointment  to  preach  at  Durham, 
Windham  &  Blenham  this  week  &  on  Sunday  next  to  preach 
&  Celebrate  the  Communion  in  the  C^  at  Stamford,  where  it 
hath  never  before  been  given. The  good  which  a  pious  &  ac- 
tive Clergyman  might  do,  sittled  in  that  Country  is  altogether 
incalculable.  Never  was  any  service  more  gratefully  received 
than  was  my  poor  labors  among  this  people. 

Scattered  in  the  wilderness,  &  surrounded  by  raving  &  Wolf- 
like dissenters,  they  stand  in  the  utmost  need  of  a  shepherd; 

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&  I  pray  that  God  in  his  providence  would  send  them  one.  I 
have  involuntarily  drawn  your  attention  toward  those  remote 
corners  of  Our  Lord's  vineyard;  but  as  I  am  pursuaded  you 
feel  interested  in  every  thing  that  relates  to  our  "  Zion,"  shall 
make  no  apology. — 

That  your  labors  in  the  Cause  of  our  Redeemer  may  be  long 
continued,  &  your  zeal  in  the  defence  of  the  "  Faith  once  de- 
livered to  the  Saints,"  attended  with  the  Divine  blessing,  is  the 
ardint  wish  &  devout  prayer  of  Your  Friend  &  Brother  in  O 

Joseph  Prentice 

N  B.  Be  pleased  to  make  my  respefts  to  Mrs  Hobart;  all  my 
Brethren  in  New  York  are  in  remembrance,  but  should  like 
to  be  mentioned  particularly  to  Mr  Lyel  &  Mr  Chapman  — 

SuperscriptioTi: 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart.  D.D.  N.  York 

p!  fav;  of  M;  Van  Buskirk 


ANNOTATIONS 

Commentaries  on  the  Holy  Bible  of  Symon  Patrick  and  William 
Lowth. 

The  Commentary  on  the  Bible  which  is  usually  known  as  Patrick 
and  Lowth's  is  a  combination  of  the  work  of  several  scholars.  Symon 
Patrick  was  born  at  Gainsborough,  Lincolnshire,  England,  in  1626; 
was  admitted  a  sizar  at  Queen's  College,  Cambridge,  in  1644;  was 
elected  a  fellow  in  1648;  and  was  ordained  by  Bishop  Joseph  Hall  of 
Norwich  about  1651.  He  was  made  incumbent  of  Battersea  in  1658, 
and  preferred  to  the  rectory  of  St.  Paul's,  Covent  Garden,  in  1662.  He 
remained  in  London  ministering  to  his  own  flock  and  others  during 
the  great  plague.  In  1 672  he  was  made  a  prebendary  of  W^estminster, 
and  in  1679  was  elected  dean  of  Peterborough.  In  1689  he  Mas  conse- 
crated as  Bishop  of  Chichester,  and  in  1691  he  was  translated  to  Ely. 
He  died  in  1 707.  Bishop  Patrick  was  a  forcible  and  attractive  m  riter. 
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While  a  Biblical  scholar  whose  knowledge  A^•as  exact,  he  was  also  a 
devotional  writer  of  high  rank.  His  Commentaries  \\ ere  the  work  of 
nearly  a  lifetime.  They  included  the  fi\e  books  of  Moses;  Joshua, 
Judges,  Ruth;  the  books  of  Samuel;  the  books  of  the  Kings;  the  Chron- 
icles; Esther;  Job;  the  Psalms,  Proverbs,  Ecclesiastes,  and  the  Song 
of  Solomon  paraphrased.  They  first  appeared  in  ten  separate  volumes, 
from  1695  to  1710. 

William  Lowth  A\as  born  in  London  in  1661 ,  educated  at  Merchant- 
Tailor's  School,  and  St.  John's  College,  Oxford,  where  he  graduated 
in  1675.  In  1696  he  was  made  a  prebendary  of  Westminster,  and  in 
1699  became  rector  of  Burrinton,  Hants.  He  died  in  1732.  He  wrote 
extensively,  and  published  sermons  and  several  works  upon  the  Holy 
Scriptures  in  addition  to  his  Commentaries  on  the  Prophets.  This 
work  was  published  in  four  volumes,  from  1714  to  1726.  A  collected 
edition  in  two  ^■olumes,  folio,  appeared  in  1727,  a  second  edition  in 
1730,  and  a  third  in  1739. 

Richard  Arnald  was  born  about  1696.  He  was  a  fellow  of  Emman- 
uel College,  Cambridge.  He  died  in  1756.  His  w  ridngs  are  chieflj^ 
on  Biblical  subjects.  The  Commentary  on  the  books  called  the  Apoc- 
rypha is  usually  included  in  the  editions  of  Patrick  and  Lowth.  It  w'as 
first  published  separately. 

Daniel  Whitby  was  born  in  Rushden,  Northamptonshire,  in  1638. 
He  entered  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  in  1653 ;  was  elected  a  scholar 
in  1655,  and  in  1664  became  a  fellow.  He  w  as  made  a  prebendary  of 
Salisbury  in  1668,  and  in  1672  precentor.  He  was  presented  about 
the  same  time  to  the  rectory  of  St.  Edmund's  Church,  Salisbury.  He 
died  March  21,  1722.  Late  in  life  he  adopted  Arian  opinions  from 
reading  Dr.  Clark's  "Scripture  Doctrine  of  the  Trinity."  His  Com- 
mentary was  never  altered,  and  is  both  clear  and  sound. 

He  A\  rote  extensively  on  the  Roman  controversy  and  against  Cal- 
vinism. He  spent  many  years  in  Biblical  studies,  and  in  1703  pub- 
lished a  Paraphrase  and  Commentary  upon  all  the  Epistles  of  the  New^ 
Testament.  The  greater  part  of  the  edition  was  destroyed  in  the  fire 
that  consumed  the  office  of  the  printer,  William  Bowyer.  Dr.  \\'hitby 
then  enlarged  it  to  include  the  w  hole  of  the  Ne\y  Testament,  and 
published  the  revised  Commentary  in  two  volumes  in  1703.  A  sec- 
ond edition  was  published  in  1706,  and  a  third  in  1709. 

Moses  Lowman  was  born  in  London  in  1680.  He  studied  law  in 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

the  Middle  Temple,  but  subsequently  took  courses  in  divinity  at  the 
Universities  of  Utrecht  and  Leyden.  In  1710  he  was  made  minister 
of  the  Dissenting  Chapel  at  Clapham,  over  which  he  was  ordained 
by  non-conformist  ministers.  He  died  in  1752.  He  was  learned  and 
accurate  in  all  his  statements.  His  most  important  work  was  a  Para- 
phrase and  Notes  on  the  Revelation  of  St.  John,  of  which  the  first 
edition  appeared  in  1737.  The  second  edidon  Mas  published  in  1745, 
the  third  in  1791,  and  the  fourth  in  1807.  The  best  edition  of  the 
collected  Commentaries  is  that  published  in  six  volumes  in  1822  under 
the  editorship  of  the  Rev.  J.  R.  Pitman.  The  best  American  edition 
is  that  of  J.  B.  Smith  &  Company  of  Philadelphia,  published  about 
1856. 

Richard  Laurence. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  524. 

George  Mack/in. 

The  identity  of  Dr.  Macklin  with  Sir  George  seems  improbable. 
Careful  investigation  has  failed  to  reveal  any  account  of  the  duel  men- 
tioned by  Mr.  Prentice.  Some  particulars  concerning  Dr.  Macklin 
will  be  found  in  Volume  III,  page  555.  There  is  no  baronetage  of 
the  United  Kingdom  bearing  the  name  of  Macklin. 

Cave  Jones. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  Y,  page  78. 

Stamford,  New  York. 

The  work  of  the  Church  in  Stamford,  New  York,  is  detailed  in  the 

notice  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Hobart,  in  Volume  II,  page  402. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Oak  Hill,  Durham. 

This  town  is  in  the  centre  of  the  northern  border  of  Greene  County. 
It  was  taken  from  Coxsackie,  March  8,  1790,  and  named  Freehold. 
In  1803  portions  of  Greenville  and  Cairo  ^a  ere  set  apart  from  it.  Its  sur- 
face is  broken  by  ranges  of  the  southern  slope  of  the  Hildenbergs  in 
the  northeast  corner  and  of  the  Catskills  on  the  western  border.  It  is 
watered  by  Catskill  Creek  and  its  tributaries.  Fall,  Bowery,  Posts, 
and  Brink  Street  Creeks.  The  earliest  settlement  was  at  Oak  Hill,  in 

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JOSEPH  PRENTICE 

1771  or  1772,  by  Lucius  De  Witt,  John  Plumb,  and  Hendrick  Plank 
Egbertson.  The  alarms  of  the  Revolution  caused  the  pioneers  to  a\  ith- 
draw,  but  they  returned  in  1782,  and  were  soon  joined  by  others. 
In  1784  a  company  from  Durham,  Connecticut,  after  having  sent 
out  explorers,  came  to  the  town  and  formed  the  settlement  of  New 
Durham.  Among  them  \vere  Jonathan  Baldw  in,  Phineas  Canfield, 
David  Merwin,  and  Selah  Strong.  On  March  28,  1805,  the  name 
of  the  town  A\-as  changed  to  Durham.  The  efibrts  of  Mr.  Prentice 
and  others  to  make  the  Church  known  in  the  town  bore  fruit  in  Octo- 
ber, 1809,  when  a  meeting  was  held  at  Adijah  Dewey's  in  Durham.  It 
was  decided  that  when  fifteen  persons  had  signed  the  agreement  tlien 
circulated,  an  organization  should  be  made.  This  was  soon  carried 
out.  Samuel  Fuller,  who  had  been  the  Congregational  minister  of 
Rensselaerville,  conformed  to  the  Church,  and  was  ordained  in  1810. 
He  took  the  Churchmen  of  Oak  Hill  under  his  charge,  giving  to  that 
parish  one-half  of  his  time. 

In  1814  James  Thompson,  who  had  been  made  deacon  by  Bishop 
Hobart,  July  2,  1813,  became  rector.  Under  him  a  church  was  built, 
which  was  consecrated  b}-  Bishop  Onderdonk,  November  21,  1834. 
"The  Churchman"  for  November  29,  1834,  had  the  following  ac- 
count of  the  consecration : 

"Friday,  November  21,  consecrated  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oakhill, 
(town  of  Durham,)  Greene  County.  The  morning  prayer  was  read  by 
the  Rev.  Moses  Burt,  of  Cairo,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  of 
Rensselaerville,  who  read  the  lessons,  and  the  sermon  was  preached 
by  the  Bishop.  There  were  also  present  the  Hex.  James  Thompson, 
missionary  at  Durham,  the  Rev.  John  Grigg,  of  Athens,  and  the 
Rev.  Origen  P.  Holcomb,  of  Windham." 

Mr.  Thompson  \\as  missionary  for  Greene  and  Delaware  Counties. 
He  was  very  systematic  and  careful  in  his  work  and  accomplished 
much.  He  was  successively  assisted  from  1830  by  William  Moore, 
Henry  Prout,  John  Scoville,  and  George  Sayres.  After  his  long  ser- 
vice he  died  August  19,  1844.  Among  his  successors  have  been 
James  Wilkins  Stewart,  LibertyA.  Barrow  s,  D.  G.Wright,  John  W. 
Hoffman,  Henry  H.  Bates,  W.  P.  Boone,  Henry  C.  Randall,  Erastus 
^^'ebster,  H.  C.  Brayton,  Joseph  W.  Norwood,  and  \Villiam  Treacy 
A\^eston.  In  July,  1912,  the  parish  w  as  vacant,  and  as  recorded  in  the 
American  Church  Almanac  for  1 9 1 2 ,  there  were  fifteen  communicants. 

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Trinity  Church,  Ashland. 

The  town  of  Windham  is  northwest  of  the  centre  of  Greene  Count}", 
and  lies  on  the  western  slope  of  the  Catskills.  It  was  formed  from 
Woodstock,  as  a  part  of  Ulster  County,  March  23,  1798.  In  that  por- 
tion which  was  taken  for  the  town  of  Ashland,  March  23,  1848,  there 
Mere  settlements  previous  to  the  Revolution  in  the  valley  of  Bata- 
via  Kill  by  Dutch  families  from  Schoharie  County,  but  they  all  re- 
turned to  their  old  home  during  the  A\ar.  The  permanent  settlement 
was  made  in  1788  by  families  chiefly  from  Connecticut,  among  them 
those  of  Elisha  Strong,  Zachariah  Cargill,  George  Stimpson,  Dr. 
Thomas  Benham,  Jairus  Strong,  Agabus  White,  Solomon  Ormsbee, 
and  Medad  Hunt.  In  the  course  of  his  missionary  tour  in  1799  Philan- 
der Chase  organized  a  parish  bv  the  name  of  Trinity  Church.  In  the 
"Reminiscences"  he  says,  in  volume  i,  page  34,  that  "He  went  on 
in  the  pursuit  of  his  missionary  duties  to  the  township  of  Freehold,  in 
\\ hich  \\ as  then  a  place  called  Bata\ia.  Here  Mr.  Gunn  was  his  chief 
friend  in  forming  a  parish — the  same  friend  who  moved  to  Ports- 
mouth, Ohio,  and  assisted  him  in  the  like  duties  there,  many  jears 
afterwards."  Only  occasional  services  were  held  until  1803,  when  the 
parish  came  under  the  care  of  Joseph  Perry,  who  remained  in  charge 
until  1812.  In  1811  this  certificate  was  recorded : 

We  whose  names  are  hereunto  affixed  do  profess  ourselves  to  belong 
to  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United  States,  and  do  sol- 
emnly agree  to  associate  oursehes  together  to  promote  the  same  in  the 
towns  of  Windham,  Freehold,  and  vicinity. 

Samuel  Gunn,  Norman  Collins,  Silas  Lewis,  Ebenezer  Osborn,  Eli 
Osborn,  John  Tutde,  Benjamin  Johnson,  Samuel  Goodsell,  Eliphalet 
Wheeler,  Almond  Munson,  Amasa  Tuttle,  Jabez  BarloM',  Orange 
Munson,  Jehial  Tuttle,  Samuel  Merwin,  Constant  Andrews,  Justin 
Coe,  Daniel  Merwin,  Enos  Baldwin,  Samuel  Wolcott,  Ebenezer  John- 
son, Elisha  Stanley,  Samuel  Chatfield,  and  William  Tutde. 

A  church  was  built  in  1814,  which  ser\ed  for  the  needs  of  the  whole 
vicinity.  In  1817  James  Thompson  succeeded  as  missionary,  and  con- 
tinued his  work  until  1831.  Among  his  successors  have  been  Origen 
P.  Holcomb,  Thomas  S.  Judd,  Edward  N.  Goddard,  Henry  H.  Prout, 
E.  A.  Edgerton,  John  A.  Clark,  W.  C.  Hutchins,  Aubrey  F.  Todrig, 
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JOSEPH  PRENTICE 

Elijah  J.  Rohe,  S.  T.  Brewster,  and  Jiimes  Burgess  Sill.  A  new  church 
was  built  in  1879,  during  the  rectorship  of  Mr.  Hutchins.  The  rec- 
tor in  July,  1912,  was  Pierce  McDonald  Bleecker.  As  recorded  in  the 
American  Church  Almanac  for  1912,  there  are  forty-nine  communi- 
cants. 

Blenheim. 

This  town  is  in  the  southwestern  part  of  Schoharie  Count)-.  It  was 
formed  from  Schoharie,  March  17,  1797.  It  is  a  hilly  upland,  broken 
by  the  deep  ravines  of  streams.  It  was  settled  from  New  England  soon 
after  the  Revolution.  Stephen  Fenn  was  the  first  minister  in  the  town. 
There  are  several  Methodist  Churches  and  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch 
Churches.  Only  occasional  services  of  the  Church  have  been  held  in 
Blenheim. 

Thomas  Lyell. 

For  sketch  see  page  15. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

Abraham  Van  Buskirk. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  424. 


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[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait".,  May  31.  1809 

Rev.  &  DEAR  Sir, 

AT  some  other  time,  I  will  take  notice  of  your  last  letter 
,/jL  in  general.  At  present,  I  shall  only  say,  that  D''  Moore 
has  declined,  &  upon  my  suggesting  the  idea  of  inviting  Mr 
Chapman  to  pay  us  a  visit,  they  declined  such  a  step,  on  ac- 
count of  its  inconvenience,  but  resolved,  that  they  will  be 
ready  to  hear  any  clergyman,  who  may  be  willing  to  visit  the 
Parish,  but  cannot  pledge  themselves  farther,  than  to  give 
him  a  respeftful  reception. 

Will  you  inform  Mr  C.  that  the  place  is  still  vacant,  &  likely 
to  be  so  long  enough  to  allow  him  to  visit  us,  if  he  have  a  mind 
to  look  to  the  South,  &  that  there  is  no  clergyman,  who  has 
any  interest  in  the  vestry .''  You  can  mention  to  him  the  ad- 
vantages 5oo£  p'  ann,  Mary*  Curr^,  a  house,  &  the  share  of 
perquisites,  which  may  accrue.  It  will  also  be  proper,  that  he 
should  understand  that  this  is  not  an  invitation,  but  informa- 
tion, on  which  he  will  exercise  his  own  judgment. 

Let  me  hear  from  you  soon  on  the  subjeft,  &  believe  me 
Your  affedl''  friend  &  brother, 

Jos.  G.  J.  Bend. 

Superscription; 

The  Rev.  Dr  Hobart  New-york. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Richard  Channing  Moore. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  25,  1814. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

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JOHN  C.  HANDY 

THE  Handy  family  had  been  settled  in  Somerset  and  Worcester 
Counties,  Maryland,  from  about  1650.  In  the  parish  of  AH  Hal- 
lows, Snow  Hill,  the  following  inscriptions  are  found.  Theyare  prob- 
ably in  memory  of  the  father,  mother,  and  brother  of  John  C.  Handy, 
of  whom  no  particulars  are  available. 

"Lieut.  Col.  Levin  Handy,  born  Aug.  20",  1754,  died  June  5",  1799. 

"Major  James  Handy,  both  of  whom  served  in  the  Revolutionary 
army  as  members  of  General  Washington  staff; 

"Mrs.  Nancy  Handy,  widow  of  Lieut.  Col.  Levin  Handy,  born 
March  18",  1769,  died  April  25",  1817." 


[From  John  C.  Handv] 

Snow  Hill,  Worcester  County,  Maryland,  June  3''  1 809. 

Rev?  and  Dear  Sir, 

YOUR  favour  addressed  to  me,  through  our  mutual  friend 
the  ReV^  Do61:''  Kemp,  requesting  my  Subscription  and 
Patronage  to  the  Churchman's  Magazine  never  reached  me 
untill  late  last  autumn  and  the  winter  setting  in  added  to  other 
unavoidable  Causes  have  delayed  my  announcing  to  you  the 
Result  of  my  Efforts,  in  promoting  so  valuable  and  interest- 
ing a  Miscellany,  it  is  what  I  have  long  wished  for  as  I  con- 
ceive works  of  this  kind  will  very  much  tend  to  promote  the 
diffusion  of  the  important  Truths  of  the  Gospel,  and  I  ar- 
dently pray  that  your  Labours  may  be  Crowned  with  Success. 
I  have  inclosed  you  my  subscription  list  and  you  will  receive 
by  the  Bearer  Capt"  Hall  the  Money,  you  will  please  to  send 
by  him  the  Numbers  Commencing  with  January  last,  and  all 
future  Numbers,  if  you  have  Packets  that  sail  to  Baltimore,  I 
will  thank  you  to  send  them,  by  them,  dire6led  to  me,  to  the 

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Care  of  Robert  Hough  (  County  Wharf  Baltimore ) ,  who  will 
forward  them  to  me,&if  there  are  no  Packets  running  from 
your  City  to  Baltimore,  I  would  advise,  if  you  have  an  agent 
in  Philadelphia,  to  forward  them  to  him  with  a  Request  that 
hewould  forward  them  by  a  Synapuxent  vessel,  to  me,  as  they 
are  frequently  trading  to  Philadelphia,  and  by  them  I  could 
get  them  pretty  Conveniently  but  should  prefer  the  Baltimore 
Route,  you  will  please  to  write  me  by  Capt"?  Hall  which  way 
I  may  expeft  them. 

I  am  with  Esteem 

Your  ob'.  Serv!, 

John  C.  Handy. 

Superscription : 

The  Rev?  John  Henry  Hobart.  New  York, 
To  the  Care  of  Mess'.'  T.  &  J.  Swords 

N".  160  Pearl  Street. 


ANNOTATIONS 

James  Kemp. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  336. 

The  Churchman's  Magaziiie. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42 . 

Captain  Hall. 

The  name  of  this  packet-ship  captain  does  not  appear  in  any  avail- 
able shipping  list  of  the  period. 

Robert  Hough. 

There  are  no  particulars  available  concerning  this  Baltimore  merchant. 


Thomas  and  James  Swords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 

C  242  ] 


BARZILLAI  BULKLEY 

BARZILLAI,  a  son  of  Jonathan  Bulkley,  was  born  at  New  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  January  22,  1780.  His  father  was  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  John's  Church,  Ne\\'  Milford.  The  son  was  carefully  edu- 
cated, and  was  made  deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Middletown,  by  the 
Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Jarvis,  June  9,  1805.  In  August,  1806,  he  became  rec- 
tor of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  where  he  remained  till  the  late 
fall  of  1809.  He  received  three  hundred  dollars  and  the  parsonage 
house  and  lot  for  one  year;  after  that  he  was  to  have  two  hundred 
dollars.  He  also  served  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  giving  to  it  one-third 
of  his  time  and  receiving  from  it  a  proportionate  salary.  He  removed 
to  Long  Island  and  became  rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 
He  died  March  29,  1820.  Dr.  Berrian  says,  in  his  "Memoir,"  on 
page  255  : 

"But  though  he  was  so  unmoved  at  the  probable  approach  of  death 
in  his  own  case,  yet  I  remember  to  have  seen  him  on  one  occasion, 
overwhelmed  at  the  prospect  of  this  event  in  regard  to  another.  Though 
naturally  quick  in  his  sensibilities,  he  had  generally  a  great  mastery 
over  his  feelings;  at  any  rate,  he  did  not  often  exhibit,  even  on  the 
most  melancholy  occasions,  strong  outward  expressions  of  emotion  and 
grief.  But  at  the  time  to  which  I  allude,  nature  entirely  subdued  him. 
I  had  accompanied  him  on  a  visit  to  the  Rev.  Mr.Bulkle}-,  at  Flush- 
ing, on  Long  Island,  who  was  lying  dangerously  ill.  This  clergyman 
was  a  man  of  humble  attainments,  but  of  sound  mind,  correct  prin- 
ciples, and  deep  and  unaffected  piety.  I  never  knew  anyone  who  sur- 
passed him  in  meekness  and  lowliness,  in  simplicity  of  character,  in 
purity  of  thought  and  intention,  or  who  was  more  entirely  free  from 
all  dissimulation  and  guile.  For  these  engaging  qualities  everybody 
respected  and  loved  him.  We  found  him  on  the  very  eve  of  his  de- 
parture. The  Bishop,  after  a  few  moments'  conversation  with  him  in 
a  calm  and  soothing  strain,  withdrew  ;  but  no  sooner  had  he  got  out 
of  his  hearing,  than  he  burst  into  a  flood  of  tears,  and  was  literally 
convulsed  by  the  violence  of  his  grief." 

On  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel  of  St.  George's  Church,  Flush- 
ing, is  a  tablet  with  this  inscription,  taken  from  page  283  of  the 
"Records  of  Christ  Church  : " 

c  243 ;] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

IN  MEMORY  OF 

REV.  BARZILLAI  BULKLEY, 

RECTOR  OF  ST.    GEORGE's  CHURCH,    FLUSHING, 

WHO  DEPARTED  THIS  LIFE  ON  THE   29TH  OF  MARCH,    1820, 

HAVING  BEEN  IN  CHARGE  OF  THIS  PARISH 

FOR  THE  TEN  YEARS  PRECEDING  HIS  DEATH, 

THIS  MONUMENT  IS  ERECTED  TO  HIS  MEMORY 

BY  HIS  SURVIVING  WIDOW, 

Mr.  BulkleymarriedMary  Gunnof  New  Milford,  Connecticut. They 
had  no  children.  Mrs.  Bulkley  died  at  New  Milford,  July  21,  1866, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years. 


[  From  Barzillai  Bulkley  ] 

Poughkeepsie  7  June  1 809 

Rev  &  Dear  Sir, 

I  AM  soon  to  resign  the  Re6lorship  of  the  Church  here;  & 
in  the  anticipation  of  the  event  I  do  rejoice: — not,  however, 
because  I  think  I  shall  get  rid  of  my  duty  as  a  minister  of 
Christ;  but  because  I  think  I  may  be  more  useful  else  where, 
&  because  I  shall  be  free  from  a  people,  who  generally  are 
unstable  &  too  fond  of  novelty,  &  more  disposed  to  raise 
obje6lions  &  find  fault  with  trifles,  than  to  pass  them  over 
&  bury  them  in  oblivion.  I  say  this  not  to  discourage  any  one 
from  coming  here;  for  it  is  the  sincere  wish  of  my  heart  that 
the  Church  might  prosper  &  flourish  here;  &  if  it  should 
please  God  to  bless  the  services  of  my  successor  I  shall  raise 
my  soul  to  heaven  in  thankfullness  to  him  for  his  gracious 
doings. 

But  I  feel  satisfa6f  ion  within  myself  when  I  refleft  that  I 
have  discharged  my  duty  conscientiously  both  towards  God 
&  man,  &  moreover  when  I  recolleft  numbers  to  have  joined 

C  244  ] 


BARZILLAI  BULKLEY 

us  during  my  ministry  here  both  by  baptism  &  the  Lord's 
supper: — some  new  ones  most  every  time  that  I  had  admin- 
istered the  communion  have  joined  us;  but  for  this  let  God 
have  the  praise. 

I  should  like  to  hear  from  you  any  time  when  you  can  make 
it  convenient. 

yours  sincerely 

Barzillai  Bulkley 

Superscription: 

Rev  John  Henry  Hobart  D.D.  No.  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York 


ANNOTATION 


Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 
For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  379. 


C  245  J 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Ward  Fairchild  ] 

New  York  June  19'''  1809. 

Dear  Sir, 

WHEN  on  a  former  occasion  I  solicited  some  little  assist- 
ance from  you,  I  flattered  myself  that  it  would  have 
been  in  my  power  to  have  returned  the  favor  long  ere  this, 
but"  misfortune  marks  me  for  her  own  "  &  I  am  again  ( tho  re- 
lu6lantly )  obliged  to  solicit  a  farther  gratification  from  your 
goodness  and  generosity.  That  I  am  completely  wretched  & 
when  I  make  known  to  you  that  I  have  not  tasted  food  for 
two  days,  owing  to  my  incapacity  of  giving  satisfa6lion  for  the 
same,  I  hope  your  benevolence  will  extend  so  far  as  to  relieve 
my  present  necessities. 

I  would  unfold  to  you,  my  dear  Sir, the  cause  of  my  present 
state  of  poverty,  but  that  my  thoughts  are  so  uncollefted, 
I  cannot  at  present  bring  them  into  a  proper  train,  suffice  it 
to  say  that  I  am  miserable  &  that  I  have  not  the  accumulation 
of  Guilt  to  make  myself  more  so.  The  bearer  is  a  person 
whom  you  may  place  confidence  in,  &  you  will  oblige  me  by 
returning  an  answer. 

Your  Obt.  Humb.  Serv. 

Ward  Fairchild. 
Rev?  John  Henry  Hobart. 

Superscription: 

Rev?  John  Henry  Hobart  No  46  Greenwich  St.  New  York. 


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JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait",  June  19.  1809 

Rev.  &  DEAR  Sir, 

ON  Thursday  last,  I  received  your  letter  of  the  1 3th  in- 
stant, which  accounted  for  your  long  delay  in  answering 
my  last; — a  delay,  which  (to  use  a  Johnsonian  word)  I  was 
preparing  to  increpate,when  your  favour  arrived.  I  was  afraid, 
that  it  was  New  York  fashion  to  be  extremely  tardy  in  answer- 
ing epistolary  communications,  requiring  early  notice ;  for  ( in- 
ter nos  &  entre  nous,  choose  your  language )  D"^  M  took  three 
weeks  to  answer  my  letter,  announcing  to  him  his  election  here. 

I  am  sorry  Mf  Chapman  declines  paying  us  a  visit.  I  had 
flattered  myself,  from  more  than  one  account  of  him,  that  he 
would  have  been  generally  acceptable  to  our  people,  &  it  is 
a  settlement,  which,  next  to  New  York,  I  think  most  advan- 
tageous :  For,  although  the  salary  is  now  only  $1333-33,  yet 
in  two  or  three  years,  I  am  persuaded,  it  will  be  1 1600.  No 
appointment  will  take  place  before  the  2d  of  July,  if  then. 
Tell  him,  I  think  he  is  too  diffident,  &  that,  if  he  should  even 
not  succeed,  I  cannot  think  it  would  be  a  depreciating  of  him- 
self. At  least  I  hope  it  would  not  be;  for  I  took  a  similar  step 
myself,  before  I  was  ele6led  to  this  parish.  My  house  shall  be 
his,  while  he  is  here;  &  I  will  ensure  him  polite  &  respe6l- 
ful  attention. 

And  now  I  make  my  bow  to  your  favour  of  the  19th  May. 

You  have  rightly  recolledled  what  I  said  about  Mess":^  Coale 
&  Thomas  being  your  particular  agents  at  Baltimore,  & 
myself  your  general  agent  for  Maryland.  C  &  T.  when  I 
informed  them  of  the  commission,  observed,  that  the  usual  p"" 
centum  was  25  p"^  cent;  but,  that,  in  consideration  of  the  gen- 
eral solidity  of  the  subscribers,  &  their  desire  to  promote  the 
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plan,  they  would  accede  to  your  terms.  You  must  try  to  be 
pun6lual  in  forwarding  the  numbers.  June  has  more  than  half 
expired,  &  we  have  not  yet  received  the  6th  n°.  The  Rev. 
M' Wilmer,  D'  Kewley's  successor  in  Chester-town,  wishes 
ten  copies  more  to  be  forwarded  for  that  distri6l.  He  appears 
disposed  to  forward  the  object, &  will  be  agent  inD'  K's  stead, 
if  Mr  Cannell  should  decline.  D'  Kemp  has  paid  me  some 
money  for  you,  on  account  of  M'.  Stone  of  Somerset.  I  shall 
want  some  more  soon  for  Bait".,  &  will  by  &  by  inform  you 
of  the  number.  By  degrees,  our  Subscribers  in  Maryland  will 
increase;  especially  if  we  should  have  no  more  vile  embar- 
goes, &  should  keep  at  peace  with  Old  England.  I  was  too 
much  hurried,  during  the  Convention,  to  speak  to  D' .  Kemp  & 
M'. Jackson,  about  the  amount  of  their  subscription-lists;  but 
it  shall  be  a  matter  of  correspondence,  between  them  &  me. 
In  the  mean  time,  you  can  inform  me,  from  the  account-book, 
&  dire6t  them  to  settle  with  me  in  future,  which  will  save 
trouble.  You  must  perceive  the  propriety  of  sending  all  the 
parcels  for  Maryland  to  my  care,  be  they  small  or  large,  & 
letting  them  go  from  me  to  the  particular  agents,  &  direct- 
ing them  to  settle  with  me  once  a  year.  I  have  been  asked, 
whether,  the  water-conveyance  is  to  be  added  to  the  charge 
to  subscribers,  &  therefore  wish  to  be  informed  by  you.  My 
subscribers  expe6l  to  pay  only  the  i}4  doll  p'  annum. 

I  approve  of  your  change,  with  respe6l  to  the  Convention; 
&  if  your  subscription  should  not  increase,  I  would  advise  you 
to  withdraw  the  doceur  to  them  altogether. 

I  thank  you  for  your  information  concerning  Mr.  Coleman, 
&  will  do  what  is  proper  in  the  business. 

I  delivered  your  message  to  Mr  Jackson,  who  accepted  your 
apology,  respecting  M'  Singleton ;  also  to  the  Bishop  &  D'' 
Kemp. 

C   248   ] 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

Mrs.  Bend  begs  me  to  present  her  kind  regards  to  you. 
Make  my  remembrance  acceptable  to  Mrs  Hobart,  &  believe 
me, 

Rev.  &  dear  Sir, 

Your  affe6l^  friend  &  brother, 

Jos.  G.  J.  Bend. 

Let  me  hear  from  you  very  soon,  concerning  M'  C,  &  tell 
me,  at  the  same  time,  if  you  know  anything  of  M"^  Sam'.  Rip- 
ley, of  Massachusetts,  a  candidate  for  orders. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev";  John  H  Hobart,  DD,  Greenwich  Street,  New-York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Richard  Charming  Moore. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  25,  1814. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

Coale  &  Thomas. 

For  notice  see  page  171. 

JVilliam  Henry  Wilmer. 

For  notice  see  Vokime  III,  page  466. 

John  Keivley. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  October  8,  1812. 

Isaac  Cannell,  Jr. 

Isaac  Cannell,  Jr.,  was  a  highly  esteemed  merchant  at  Chestertown, 
Kent  County,  Maryland.  His  wife  Mary  died  in  that  town,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1809,  "after  a  long  and  tedious  illness."  A  notice  in  "The 
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Churchman's  Magazine"  for  September  and  October,  1809,  says  of 
her:  "She  died  in  the  full  exercise  of  her  reason,  perfectly  resigned 
to  the  M  ill  of  her  Di\  ine  Master,  and  looking  forward  with  a  confi- 
dent hope  to  the  joys  of  glorious  resurrection." 

Jaines  Kemp. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  336. 

William  Murray  Sto?ie. 
For  notice  see  page  26. 

Joseph  Jackson . 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  484. 

JVilliam  Coleman. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  298. 

John  Singleton. 

John  Singleton  was  born  at  White  Haven,  in  Cumberlandshire,  Eng- 
land, in  1750.  He  was  educated  at  St.  Bees  Grammar  School  under 
Dr.  Thomas  James,  afterward  Master  of  Rugby.  In  his  sixteenth  year 
he  went  to  London ,  and  was  in  the  office  of  an  uncle  for  several  months. 
In  May,  1767,  he  sailed  for  New  York.  He  entered  the  counting-house 
of  Henry  White,  who  was  one  of  the  most  influential  and  wealthy 
merchants  of  the  day  and  lived  in  an  elegant  mansion  on  Pearl  Street. 
Mr.  White  married  Eve,  a  daughter  of  Frederick  Van  Cortlandt, 
and  a  granddaughter  of  Augustus  Jay.  He  was  a  loyalist  and  went  to 
England,  where  he  died  in  Golden  Square,  London,  in  1786.  His 
property  was  confiscated,  and  his  home  became  the  official  residence 
of  Governor  George  Clinton.  His  wife  and  daughters  returned  to  New 
York  City  and  lived  at  No.  11  Broadway,  where  Mrs.  White  died  in 
1836.  In  1770  Mr.  Singleton  went  to  Maryland,  where  his  uncle, 
James  Dickinson,  was  settled  in  Talbot  County.  For  some  years  he  was 
a  merchant  at  Dover  in  that  county,  but  in  1776  purchased  a  planta- 
tion at  East  Otwell  in  the  same  county.  He  was  a  farmer  of  progress- 
ive methods,  and  greatly  improved  his  land.  His  discovery  of  the  use 
of  marl  as  a  fertilizer  was  of  inestimable  benefit  to  the  planters  through- 

C  250  ] 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

out  Maryland.  In  1795  he  was  elected  a  vestryman  of  St.  Peter's 
Parish.  He  gave  to  its  affairs  an  intelligent  interest,  exerted  himself  in 
its  behalf,  and  made  generous  contributions  to  its  support.  He  died 
at  his  residence,  March  15,  1819,  in  the  sixty-ninth  year  of  his  age. 
In  1 774  Mr.  Singleton  married  a  daughter  of  Nicholas  Goldsborough, 
M'ho  died  in  the  same  year.  He  married  a  second  time  in  1790,  and 
left  several  sons  and  daughters.  From  an  obituary  notice  in  "The 
Christian  Journal"  for  October,  1819,  the  following  paragraph  is 
taken : 

"  In  1795  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  St.  Peter's 
parish,  in  which  he  resided;  and  was  ever  an  efficient  instrument  of 
utility  in  that  body.  He  contributed  greatly  to  the  benefit  and  prosper- 
ity of  that  parish,  by  his  personal  exertions,  and  the  force  of  his  ex- 
ample. He  had  a  high  idea  of  the  peculiar  responsibility  attaching  to 
the  office  of  a  vestryman  ;  and  the  ardour  and  energy  of  his  character 
combined  with  his  impressions  of  duty,  as  they  became  more  and  more 
liveh'  and  operative  from  that  period,  to  gain  for  him,  in  that  view, 
an  unsolicited  distinction.  His  was  the  conduct  of  zeal,  nobleness,  and 
goodness ;  he  considered  every  talent  in  his  possession  as  the  gift  of 
his  Divine  Master,  and  to  be  employed  to  his  honour.  He  became 
assiduous  in  his  attention  to  the  sacred  oracles,  and  drew  from  them 
the  principles  \vhich  animated  his  private  and  social  deportment.  He 
practised  the  closest  self-inspection,  and  consequently  became  peni- 
tent for  transgression,  and  a  humble  suppliant,  at  the  horns  of  the 
altar,  for  forgi^■eness  through  the  adored  Redeemer.  He  was  o\'er- 
\\helmed  with  the  sense  of  Divine  condescension  and  pity ;  and  his 
grateful  soul  could  never  satisfy  itself  with  any  oblations  which  he 
could  offer,  as  adequate  to  the  grace  received.  He  knew  that  the  most 
acceptable  tribute  was  that  of  a  devoted  life,  and  his  heart  impelled 
him  to  render  this  most  gladly  and  constantlj'.  He  had  truly  that 
'  honest  and  good  heart  which,  having  heard  the  word,  received  it, 
and  brought  forth  fruit  abundantly.'  His  faith  was  efficacious  and 
fruitful;  his  hope  was  cheering  and  enlivening;  and  his  charity,  in 
the  full  sense  of  the  term,  was  admirable ;  it  prompted  him  to  benefi- 
cence, to  the  extent  of  his  ability,  and  disposed  him  to  cast  a  veil  over 
the  faults  of  others;  while  he  reserved  his  censure  forhimself.  Of  others 
he  thought  the  best,  he  hoped  the  best,  he  belie\ed  the  best ;  but  of 
himself  he  thought  severely.  I  see  the  beloved,  the  venerable  man  — 
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his  hairs  now  whitening  with  years,  and  silvering  fast  with  the  trials 
incident  to  a  scene  of  probation,  yet  engrossed  by  nothing  so  much  as 
the  sense  of  his  own  unworthiness,  and  the  immensity  of  divine  love 
and  compassion.  Gratitude!  gratitude!  ^^  as  his  darling  theme  ;  and 
three  times  a  day  did  he  present  his  stated  oblations  of  praise  and 
prayer.  Nothing  diverted  him  from  his  course,  nor  from  morning  and 
evening  devotions  with  his  family,  nor  from  the  public  duties  of  God's 
house,  nothing  which  was  really  within  his  control.  But  his  whole  life 
was  become  one  continued  act  of  praise;  and  he  '  prayed  always,'  by 
sustaining  the  prevalent,  ever-actuating  sentiment  of  humble  depend- 
ence, of  habitual  and  unreserved  self-dedication,  of  contrite  penitence, 
and  faithful,  cheerful  obedience.  His  devout  ejaculations  were  con- 
tinual." 

Thomas  John  Claggett. 

For  notice  see  Volume  I,  page  223. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 
For  notice  see  page  70. 

Samuel  Ripley. 

For  notice  see  page  201, 


[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait".,  July  8,  1809. 

Rev.  &  DEAR  Sir, 

I  Received  in  due  time  your  favour  of  the  26th  ult,  which 
I  have  been  ever  since  anxious  to  acknowledge,  fearing 
from  your  account  of  the  regular  transmission  of  the  maga- 
zine, my  letter  might  be  too  late.  If  it  should  prove  so,  you 
must  forward  the  additional  magazines,  which  I  am  about  to 
require  by  the  first  Vessel. 
Seven  copies  are  distributed  in  Montgomery,  three  in  Fred- 

C  252  "} 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

erick,  two  in  Alleghany,  &  Mr  Coleman  thinks  he  can  dispose 
of  twelve.  My  own  subscription-list  contains  thirty-two,  &  will 
undoubtedly  double  itself.  Therefore  you  see  I  must  have 
more  magazines,  &  for  the  present,  fifty  more  will  not,  I 
think  be  too  many.  After  I  shall  have  delivered  the  next  num- 
ber, &  collected  the  subscription  for  the  second  year,  I  shall 
make  a  statement  of  my  account,  &  transmit  what  money  I 
may  have  in  my  possession.  I  suppose  I  need  not  say,  that 
I  wish  the  50  additional  copies  to  embrace  the  whole  of  the 
new  series. 

Does  Rev.  Mr  Davis  of  Cecil  county  receive  any  from  you.'' 
&  how  are  they  sent.'' 

Please  to  read  over  my  last  letter  with  attention,  as  there  are 
some  parts  of  it,  respecting  the  magazine  which  you  have  not 
answered. 

I  am  sorry  that  Mr  Chapman  cannot  prevail  on  himself  to 
visit  us.  On  Friday  next,  we  shall  meet,  to  take  into  considera- 
tion the  filling  of  the  vacancy;  but  I  do  not  believe  we  shall 
ele6l.  Would  M''  C  accept  a  call  for  a  year,  leaving  a  perma- 
nent settlement  to  depend  on  the  satisfaftion  which  he  might 
give,  during  that  period.''  M^  Beasley  is  not  out  of  the  ques- 
tion; but  there  are  some  peculiarities  in  his  delivery  &  read- 
ing so  unpleasant,  that  the  vestry  would  prefer  a  preacher  of 
more  pleasing  elocution.  —  Has  Mr  C's  term  of  service  with 
you  expired?  &  has  he  a  prospe6l  of  another  settlement? 

In  a  day  or  two  after  I  wrote  last,  the  number  for  March 
&  April  arrived,  after  a  lapse  of  7  weeks  from  its  publica- 
tion. 

I  contemplate  a  tour  to  Pennsylvania  &  New  Jersey;  but 
whether  we  shall  get  as  far  as  New  York  is  doubtful.  Cer- 
tainly I  cannot  leave  Baltimore,  till  I  shall  have  obtained  an 
associate. 

C  253  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Present  me  respeftfully  to  Mrs  Hobart,  &  accept  M?  Bend's 
kind  regards. 

I  am,  my  dear  Sir, 

Your  affe6l'^  friend  &  brother, 

Jos.  G.  J.  Bend. 

Superscription : 

The  Rev?  D"  Hobart,  Greenwich  Street,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

John  Coleman. 

John  Coleman  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1763.  He  was  made  deacon  by 
Bishop  White,  July  1,  1787.  He  became  rector  of  St.  John's,  Bald- 
more,  and  Harford  Counties,  and  in  1799  removed  to  the  parish  of  St. 
Thomas,  Baltimore  County.  In  1806  hewas  made  rectorof  St.  James's 
Parish,  Baltimore  County,  and  built  Christ  Church,  Harford,  which 
he  also  served.  In  1795  he  was  the  Convention  preacher.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  standing  committee  for  seventeen  years,  and  a  deputy  to 
the  General  Convention  for  five  of  its  sessions.  He  died  in  1816  at  the 
age  of  fifty-three. 

Henry  Lyon  Davis. 

For  notice  see  Volume  I,  page  228. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

Frederic  Be  as  ley. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  325. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 
For  notice  see  page  70. 

i  354  n 


L.  SCHWEITZER 

THE  only  information  concerning  this  gentleman  is  found  in  the 
New  York  Directory  for  1810,  which  has  the  name  and  address: 
"Schweitzer,  G.  L.  H.  2  Mulberry  Street," 


[  From  L  .  Schweitzer  ] 

Sir! 

L  Schweitzer  a  native  of  Switzerland,  but  by  the  Span- 
.  lards  mistaken  for  a  Frenchman,  in  consequence  of 
which  circumstance  peremptorily  driven  from  the  island  of 
Cuba,  and  of  course  deprived  of  almost  all  his  hard  earnings 
there;  is  now  desirious  to  be  employed  here  as  a  teacher  or 
instru6lor  in  a  private  family  if  possible,  being  well  qualified 
to  teach  not  only  the  classics,  and  those  branches  of  sciences, 
which  constitute  what  is  called  a  liberal  education, but  also  sev- 
eral European  languages  grammatically  etc. ,  etc. 

Should  your  Goodself  know  any  opening  for  such  an  em- 
ployment, please  to  dire6l  a  line  to  L.  Sch.  to  be  left  at  N".  2. 
Robinson-street ,andyour  philanthropic  concern  shall  command 
the  unfeigned  gratitude  of  an  unfortunate  Swiss 

Sir!  Your  most  humble  serv^ 

L.  Schweitzer. 

New  York  July  10,  1809. 

Si/perscriptirjn : 

RevP  M^  J.  H.  HoBART  46  Greenwich  Street  Newyork. 


C  2.5.5  ;] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATION 

Robinson  Street. 

This  street  was  laid  out  by  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church ,  through 
a  portion  of  the  Church  farm,  about  1750.  It  \\as  named  after  Colonel 
Joseph  Robinson,  a  well-known  citizen  of  the  day,  and  a  vestryman 
of  Trinity  Church  from  1722  to  1724,  a  warden  from  1724  to  1756, 
and  a  vestryman  from  1756  to  1759.  The  present  name  of  the  street 
is  Park  Place. 


c  256 : 


JAMES  DEWAR  SIMONS 

[  From  James  Dewar  Simons  ] 

Charleston  i  g'^  July  1 809. 

Rev°  &  Dear  Sir, 

I  Cannot  omit  the  opportunity  that  now  presents  itself,  of 
writing  you  a  few  lines  to  inform  you  of  our  safe  arri- 
val ;  &  to  enquire  after  the  health  of  yourself  &  family.  Our 
Friend  M'^  Gervais  visits  New  York,  with  an  intention  to  take 
Priest's  Orders,  &  will  have  it  in  his  power  to  answer  any  en- 
quiries respe6ling  the  State  of  our  church ;  such  however  is  our 
situation,  that  we  have  nothing  to  inform  you  of,  that  can  be 
either  new  or  interesting.  You  will  soon  have  our  much  valued 
Friend  M"'  Bowen  with  you,  as  he  leaves  this  city  to-morrow, 
for  Philadelphia,  on  his  way  to  your  city.  The  members  of  our 
churches  here  lament,  most  sincerely,  his  departure  from 
among  them ;  &  indeed  they  have  cause,  our  only  consola- 
tion is,  that  he  will  enjoy  better  health,  &  be  more  useful  than 
ever.  We  must  however  exert  ourselves  ;&  trust  to  the  assist- 
ance &  aid  of  our  Divine  Master,  to  enable  us  to  discharge 
the  duties  assigned  us.  I  wish,  my  Dear  Sir,  that  I  could  in- 
form you  that  my  health  was  so  much  restored,  as  to  enable 
me  to  make  those  exertions  I  could  desire;  but  this  is  not  yet 
the  case.  When  I  left  New  York,  it  was  my  intention  to  have 
remained  but  a  short  time  in  Philadelphia;  we  were  however 
detained  there  for  four  weeks,  waiting  an  opportunity  to  re- 
turn, &  were  so  unfortunate  as  to  be  nearly  a  fortnight  on  our 
way  home.  I  ought  to  apologize  to  you,  for  not  having  written 
to  you  before,  but  I  was  so  very  sick  &  unwell  in  Philadel- 
phia, that  I  could  not;  be  assured  however,  that  I  have  not 
forgotten  your  kindness  &  attention.  M""'  Simons  unites  with 
me  in  many  thanks  to  M'^'  Hobart  &  yourself;  we  remember 
with  pleasure  your  goodness,  &  only  wish  that  we  c^  have  it 

C  257  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

in  our  power  to  return  your  kindness  here.  Will  you  have  the 
goodness  to  make  my  respe6ls  to  the  Bishop;  &  to  remem- 
ber me  very  kindly  to  M"".  Howe,  &  to  M"^  Lyell,  to  M'  Harris, 
Jones  &  to  M'  Bartow,  &  to  all  the  Clergy  whom  I  had  the 
happiness  of  knowing.  M'''  Simons  begs  me  to  remember  her 
to  M""'  Hobart  &  yourself,  &  to  the  httle  folks,  who,  we  hope, 
are  all  well.  If  you  can  at  any  time  spare  a  few  minutes  from 
your  many  avocations,  it  would  give  me  sincere  pleasure  to 
hear  from  you,  I  will  however  take  the  liberty  of  writing  you 
occasionally,  although  it  may  not  be  convenient  to  you  to  re- 
ply. I  regret  that  I  did  not  meet  you,  as  we  wished,  at  Plain- 
field,  the  Tavern-keeper  informed  me  that  I  w'  not  have  time 
to  send  to  you. 
Wishing  you  every  happiness  &  success,  I  remain  very 
sincerely 

y^  Friend  &  Brother 

James  Dewar  Simons. 

Superscription: 

Rev?  D?  Hobart,  New- York. 

Favoured  by  "I 

RevJ  M'  Gervaisj 


ANNOTATIONS 

Paul  Trapier  Gervais. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  293. 

Nathaniel  Bozven. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  542. 

Harleston  Smo?is. 

See  sketch  of  her  husband,  James  Dewar  Simons,  Volume  V,  page 

363. 

C   258   ] 


JAMES  DEWAR  SIMONS 

Thomas  Tardley  Hozv. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 

Thomas  Lyell. 

For  sketch  see  page  15. 

William  Harris. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  288. 

Cave  Jones. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  78. 

John  Vanderbilt  Bartozv. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  552,  and  for  sketch  see  page  518. 


C   259  H 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait".,  July  19.  1809 

Rev.  &  rxEAR  Sir, 

YOU  owe  to  your  negle6l ,  in  not  saying  anything  about 
your  magazine,  that  I  trouble  you  with  this  letter.  I  hope 
you  have  added  the  50  copies,  which  I  desired:  If  you  have 
not,  do  not  fail  to  send  them  by  the  first  vessel,  as  those  on 
hand  will  not  supply  the  number  of  subscribers,  which  is  now 
67.  Write  me  word  what  I  am  to  expe6l,  that  I  may  know 
what  to  say  to  them.  Do  not  forget  the  additional  numbers  for 
Chestertown ;  nor  to  answer  in  your  letter  the  question  in  a 
former  one  of  mine,  whether  the  expense  of  the  carriage  from 
New  York,  is  to  be  added  to  the  annual  subscription. 

As  I  am  writing,  I  will  infonn  you,  that  we  shall  not  choose 
an  associated  re61:or  before  the  31st  instant,  but  we  cannot 
delay  the  choice  many  days  beyond  that  period.  I  wish  Mr. 
Chapman  were  less  diffident;  as  I  am  inclined  to  think  from 
what  you  have  said  of  him,  that  he  would  please  our  congre- 
gations. I  hope  it  is  not  indelicate  to  show  one's  self  to  a  con- 
gregation wanting  a  minister,  as  I  took  a  similar  step,  before 
I  was  settled  here.  As  Mr.  Chapman  is  now  without  a  cure, 
he  cannot  suffer  with  any  other  people,  from  visiting  ours; 
and  he  may  save  his  feelings,  by  coming,  not  as  a  candidate, 
but  to  pay  me  a  visit,  &  to  assist  me,  while  he  is  here.  I  have 
not  the  smallest  doubt,  that  should  he  not  please,  the  vestry 
will  defray  his  expenses;  &  should  he  be  acceptable,  he  will 
secure  perhaps,  the  best  settlement  in  the  United  States,  out 


:  260  n 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

of  New  York  &  one,  which  will,  at  a  future  day,  be  still  more 
advantageous. 

I  am  very  sincerely 

&  affe^b'y  yours, 

Jos.  G  J  Bend. 

Superscription  : 

Rev?  D".  Hobart,  Greenwich  Street,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 


James  Chapmaji. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 


[   261    J 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[John  Henrv  Hobart  to  James  Chapman] 

New-York.  July.  24 — 1809. 

My  dear  Sir, 

I  Inclose  a  letter  from  Dr  Bend  which  you  will  please  to 
return  when  you  see  me — I  scarcely  know  what  advice  to 
give  you.  Suppose  you  come  over  ( as  I  shall  not  be  at  Eliza- 
beth for  some  days)  &  we  can  have  a  serious  conversation 
on  the  subjeft — at  any  rate,  you  must  acquaint  me  with  your 
determination  in  a  day  or  two  that  I  may  communicate  it  to 
D^  Bend. 

In  haste 

Yours  sincerely 

J  H  Hobart* 

ANNOTATIONS 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 

Old  Elizabeth  Tozvn. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  349. 


*  This  letter  belongs  to  the  collection  of  the  Rev.  Floyd  Appleton,  by  whose  kindness  it  is  here 
given.  Ed. 

C  262  ;] 


JAMES  CHAPMAN 

[From  James  Chapman] 

ElizTown  July  25.  1809 

Dear  Sir. 

IREC?  yours  of  yesterday.  I  have  seriously  considered 
D':  Bend's  letter  to  you  and  must  desire  you  to  return 
him  the  same  answer  which  I  have  before  given.  The  objec- 
tions which  I  have  to  Baltimore  are  so  numerous  that  I  cannot 
consent  to  pay  a  visit  to  that  place  and  therefore  decline  any 
resolution  to  that  efFe6l.  My  favorite  plan  is  to  procure  a  place 
in  which  I  shall  be  able  to  discharge  my  duty  punftually  and 
at  the  same  time  have  considerable  leisure  for  study.  I  am 
confident  that  such  an  obje6t  could  not  be  effe6led  at  Balti- 
more. I  mention  but  this  one  of  the  many  obje6lions  which 
influence  me  to  make  this  decision.  I  should  have  liked  to  have 
conversed  with  you  upon  the  subje6l  before  giving  D'  B.  an 
answer,  but  I  could  not  conveniently  come  to  N.  York  this 
week.  I  am  much  indebted  to  you  for  the  trouble  which  you 
have  taken  in  this  business,  and  remain 
Yours  &c 

J.  Chapman 

Superscription: 

Rev.  D?  Hobart.  No  :  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


ANNOTATION 


Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 


[   263   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[From  Seth  Hart] 

Hemps"'.  27'.''  July  1 809. 

D-^SiR, 

UNDERSTANDING  you  had  left  a  letter  at  M^  Mar- 
vin's for  Mi:  Empie  which  you  requested  Mr  Moore  to 
bring,  &  which  he  forgot.  I  think  it  probable  theobje61:  of  the 
letter  was  to  advise  him  to  go  down  to  morrow.  However  as 
his  going  will  relieve  me  from  the  necessity  of  going  down 
the  beginning  of  next  week  I  advise  him  to  do  it,  &  if  he  can 
be  ordained  now,  I  wish  it  may  be  so. 

With  best  respects  to  M?  H.  &  yourself 

I  am,  Sir,  your  friend  &  Brother 

Seth  Hart. 

Superscription: 

Rev?  J.  H.  Hobart  46  Greenwich  St  NYork. 


ANNOTATIONS 

John  Marvin. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  6. 

Adam  Empie. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  January  2,  1813. 

John  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  55. 


C  264  ] 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait".  August  I,  1809 

Rev.  &  DEAR  Sir, 

I  AM  afraid  you  will  begin  to  be  tired  of  seeing  my  sign 
manual;  but  I  am  constrained  again  to  address  you.  You 
alarm  me  with  the  information,  that  you  have  a  very  few  cop- 
ies of  the  magazine  for  the  first  year  left.  Mr.  Jackson  told  me 
you  would  want  a  subscription  of  3  or  400  from  Maryland, 
&  I  have  gone  on  with  applications  on  that  principle;  and  all, 
who  have  subscribed,  have  done  it  for  both  years.  The  sub- 
scription list  is  now  ninety  one,  so  that  you  see,  if  I  were  to 
get  no  more  subscribers,  I  shall  want  forty  one  of  the  last 
year,  but  I  have  no  doubt  it  will  reach  one  hundred  and  fifty, 
as  independently  of  those  yet  to  be  obtained  in  Baltimore, 
I  expe6l  to  obtain  several  in  the  country-parishes.  On  Fri- 
day last  I  received  from  one  in  the  Frederick-county  a  list  of 
22  Subscribers,  all  desiring  to  have  the  work  from  its  com- 
mencement. 

What  is  to  be  done.^  I  lately  had  600  copies  of  our  journal 
printed  for  ^23,  including  all  expenses.  It  consisted  of  one 
sheet.  Consult  your  printers,  &  enquire  of  them  how  much  it 
would  be  to  print  100  copies  of  the  first  year. 

Let  me  hear  from  you  speedily,  as  I  shall  ask  no  more  sub- 
scriptions, till  the  point  be  settled.  Reserve  for  me  every 
spare  copy  you  have  of  the  last  year. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Jos  G  J.  Bend 
Last  number  not  yet  arrived. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev".  D"  Hobart,  Greenwich-street,  New  York. 

:  ^65 : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Joseph  Jacksoji. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  484. 


C   ^66  J 


REBECCA  FRAZER 

MRS.  Frazer  was  the  \\idow  of  the  Rev.  William  Frazer,  who 
was  rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Amwell,  New  Jerse}-, 
during  the  Revolution.  From  1769  to  1785  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Trenton,  was  under  his  care  in  connection  with  Amwell.  In  1787 
he  was  made  rector  of  St.  Michael's.  He  died  in  1795.  No  particulars 
concerning  Mrs.  Frazer  are  available. 


[  From  Rebecca  Frazer  ] 

Friendville  near  Trenton  August  2  1809. 

Dear  Sir 

MY  Nephew  the  rev".''  M':  John  Barnwell  Campell  left 
me  this  morning  for  New  York  where  he  expe6ls 
to  take  measures  to  have  his  Ordination  compleated  perhaps 
you  are  to  learn  that  he  is  just  arrived  at  Philadelphia  a  few 
weeks  ago  from  England  where  he  has  been  in  Queens  Col- 
lege Cambridge  for  the  last  six  years,  and  has  been  ordained 
Deacon  by  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln.  I  intended  writing  an  In- 
trodu6lory  letter  by  him  to  Do61:or  Beach  but  understood  he 
was  at  Raritan.  I  may  without  partiality  say  you  have  only  to 
know  him  to  regard  him  most  highly  he  is  really  a  worthy 
Pious  young  Man. 

He  went  away  in  haste  that  I  had  not  time  to  write  by  him 
this  morning,  you  will  hear  of  him  from  the  Rev"''-  Mr.  Bowen 
who  went  on  a  few  days  since  to  N.  York  my  Nephew  lodges 
at  M'"  Kinseys  N?  5  Broad  way  my  daughters  Unite  with  me 
in  love  to  M""-  Hobart 

and  am  D''  Sir  your  AfFe(5lionate 
humble  serv^ 

Superscription:  ReBECCA   FrAZER. 

Rev'.'  John  Henry  Hobart,  New  York. 

C    267   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

John  Barnwell  Campbell. 

John  Barnwell  Campbell  was  a  graduate  of  Queen's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, England.  He  was  made  deacon  by  the  Rt.  Rew  Dr.  George 
Pretyman,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  June  12,  1808.  He  was  ordained  priest 
by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  White,  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  June  9,  1811. 
He  became  rector  of  St.  Helena's  Parish,  Beaufort,  South  Carolina, 
where  he  remained  until  his  death,  about  1821.  A  son  of  the  same 
name  was  long  an  honoured  priest  of  the  Diocese  of  South  Carolina. 

Nathaniel  Bowen. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  542. 

Mrs.  Kinsey. 

This  lady  was  a  w  idow,  and  her  boarding-house  was  in  the  most  at- 
tractive part  of  the  city,  opposite  Bowling  Green  and  near  the  Battery. 
On  page  513  of  his  "History  of  Broadway,"  published  in  the  Manual 
of  the  Common  Council  for  1865,  David  T.  Valentine  saj'S  of  the 
house  she  occupied: 

"The  tavern,  known  at  one  period  of  the  colonial  times  as  Burns' 
Coffee-house,  and  subsequently  as  'The  Kings  Arms,'  stood  near  or 
upon  the  site  of  the  Dutch  tavern  of  Burgomaster  Martin  Crigier.  It 
had  a  considerable  reputation  as  a  public  house,  and  also  some  his- 
torical interest  in  connection  with  public  events  in  revolutionary  times. 
From  various  advertisements  of  different  early  proprietors  we  learn 
that  it  had  a  large  garden  attached,  where  musical  entertainments 
were  given.  It  was  kept,  up  to  1762,  by  Mr.  Burns  (Coffee-house), 
and  in  1763,  and  for  several  years  afterward  by  Mrs.  Steele,  a  lady 
\\t\\  known  as  hostess  and  caterer,  who  transferred  to  it  the  name 
of  her  former  establishment  in  Broad  street, '  The  Kings  Arms,'  and 
was  afterward  (1768)  conducted  by  Edward  Barden.  Its  proprietor 
during  the  British  possession  is  not  kno^vn,  but  it  is  said  that  the 
Traitor  Arnold  had  his  lodgings  there  after  his  desertion  to  the  enemv. 
In  modern  times  it  had  been  a  boarding-house,  and  a  tavern,  and 
public  garden,  by  turns.  Its  latest  designation,  before  its  final  demoli- 
tion, being  'The  Atlantic  Garden.'  " 

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JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Philad^  Augt  3''  1809 

Rev  &  Dr  Sir 

I  BEG  your  acceptance  of  another  Charge,  &  little  Vale- 
di6lory  which  I  scribbled  for  one  of  my  boys. 

A  pious  &  well  informed  young  gentleman,  who  is  in  Dea- 
con's orders,  &  just  arrived  from  England,  intending  to  visit 
N  Y  wishes  for  an  introdu6lion  to  j-om,  which  I  thus  gladly 
give  him,  because  I  know  you  love  to  patronize  merit.  You 
will  find  this  young  brother,  Mr.  John  Barnwell  Campbell,  a 
very  affable,  amiable,  sensible  youth.  He  preached  twice  for 
me,  while  in  Philad  &  was  well  received. 

I  wish  very  much  to  liave  all  the  Nos.  of  the  Churchman's 
Magazine  to  the  period  of  your  undertaking  it.  Cant  you 
procure  them  for  me.'' 

Present  me  most  respeftfully  to  Mrs  Hobart,  The  Bishop, 
&  clerical  Br.  I  am  tho'  in  extreme  haste  Most  affe6ly  Yr' 

J.  A. 

Supt'rscriplion: 

The  Rev  John  H.  Hobart,  D.D.,  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Charges  of  James  Abercrombie. 
For  notice  see  Vokune  V,  page  392. 

John  Barnwell  Campbell. 
For  notice  see  page  268. 

The  Churchma?i's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  jwge  42. 


JOHN  BOWDEN 

JOHN,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Bouden,  an  officer  in  the  Forty- 
sixth  Regiment  of  Foot  in  his  Britannic  Majesty's  Army,  was 
born  in  Ireland,  Janiiar}-  7,  1751.  In  1755  his  father  accompanied  his 
regiment  to  America,  where  it  saw  much  service  during  the  French 
and  Indian  War.  His  son  was  brought  over  a  few  years  later  by  a 
friend  of  Mr.  Bowden,  who  was  a  clerg3-man.  He  pursued  his  pre- 
liminary studies  under  his  father's  direction,  and  while  still  very 
joung  entered  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  two 
years,  when  his  father  was  recalled  to  Ireland  and  took  the  young 
scholar  with  him.  Returning  to  New  York  in  1770,  John  Bowden 
became  a  student  in  King's  College,  from  which  he  graduated  with 
honour  in  1772.  He  took  a  course  in  divinity  under  the  direction  of 
Dr.  Auchmuty  and  Dr.  Ogilvie.  In  the  spring  of  1774  he  went  to 
England.  He  was  made  deacon  by  the  Bishop  of  Exeter,  Dr.  Fred- 
erick Keppel,  and  in  May,  1 774,  was  ordained  priest  by  the  Bishop  of 
London,  Dr.  Richard  Terrick.  His  license  to  preach  in  the  Plantations 
is  dated  May  29,  1774.  He  was  appointed  by  the  Venerable  Propaga- 
tion Society  to  a  new  mission  in  northern  New  York,  in  the  town  of 
Skenesborough,  named  after  Colonel  Skene,  in  whose  patent  it  was. 
It  was  thought  that  his  familiarity  with  the  country  as  a  young  man 
would  make  him  the  most  acceptable  missionary.  Whether  he  refused 
the  appointment  before  he  left  England  does  not  appear.  It  is  said 
in  the  Abstract  of  the  Society  for  1774-75,  "That  he  hath  never  re- 
paired to  his  mission,  but  instead  thereof  hath  accepted  the  mission  of 
Newburgh  from  the  people  without  any  application  to  the  Society."  In 
order  "to  deter  other  missionaries  from  like  negligent  and  disrespect- 
ful behaviour,"  they  "dismissed  Mr.  Bowden  from  their  service." 
Probably  the  implied  censure  was  undeserved,  for  when  Mr.  Bowden 
went  home ' '  for  orders  he  expected  to  be  made  an  assistant  in  Trin- 
ity Parish  in  the  city  of  New  York.  It  is  likely  that  he  officiated  in 
Newburgh  while  he  was  waiting  fox  this  permanent  position.  The 
death  of  Dr.  John  Ogilvie  in  November,  1774,  left  a  vacancy  which 
was  filled  by  John  Vardill,  then  in  England,  after  several  acrimonious 
letters  had  appeared  in  the  newspapers  of  the  period.  A  notice  of  Mr. 
Vardill  will  be  found  on  page  134  of  Volume  IV.  In  the  course  of  the 
correspondence  Benjamin  Moore  and  Mr.  Bowden  were  recommended 

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JOHN  BOWDEN 

as  fulfilling  all  the  qualifications  for  the  position.  The  vestry  deter- 
mined that  both  should  be  appointed  if  the  subscriptions  then  being 
made  should  amount  to  six  hundred  and  eighty-three  pounds  or  more. 
They  were  formally  elected  February  10,  1775,  and  entered  at  once 
upon  their  duties.  It  was  a  time  when  the  clergy  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land were  harassed  and  hindered  in  doing  their  duty,  and  condemned 
for  not  declaring  for  the  independence  of  the  colonies.  The  staff  of 
Trinity  Church  were  thoroughly  loyal  to  the  British  Crown  and  to  the 
oaths  they  had  taken,  and  consequently  they  w  ere  exposed  to  insult 
and  denunciation  bj-  the  revolutionary  part}-.  Upon  the  occupation  of 
New  York  by  General  Washington,  and  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence in  July,  1776,  the  churches  \\  ere  closed.  Mr.  Bowden  took  refuge 
at  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  with  his  family,  where  he  was  threatened  by 
the  Committeeof  Safety,  and  finall3'w  aswarnedbya  friend  to  leave  the 
town.  He  crossed  Long  Island  Sound  on  a  Aery  dark  night  in  a  small 
boat  with  a  single  oarsman,  a  young  boy,  and  was  landed  upon  the 
Long  Island  shore  and  then  dri\en  nine  miles  to  his  father's  quarters. 
As  his  \oice  had  partially  failed  him  and  he  was  imable  to  be  heard  in 
so  large  a  church  as  Trinity,  he  resigned  early  in  1777  and  remained 
in  Jamaica,  living  in  the  parsonage  of  the  Dutch  Church.  He  occasion- 
ally assisted  Joshua  Bloomer,  the  rector  of  the  parish.  After  the  Revo- 
lution Mr. Bowden  returned  to  Norwalk,  and  in  December,  1784,  ac- 
cepted the  rectorship  of  St.  Paul's  Church.  The  parish  church  had 
been  burned  by  General  Trvon  in  his  ex]5edition  against  the  Connecti- 
cut shore  towns  in  July,  1779.  The  people  worked  energeticallj'  with 
their  rector,  and  in  1786  a  new  church  was  built,  and  consecrated  by 
Bishop  Seabury  in  the  same  year,  the  first  occasion  in  the  American 
Church  when  that  solemn  serxice  was  used.  After  five  years  of  hard 
and  successful  work  both  as  a  teacher  of  an  academy  and  parish  priest 
Mr.  Bowden's  lungs  were  so  seriously  affected  that  he  was  obliged  to 
resign  and  accept  a  parish  in  the  Island  of  Santa  Cruz  in  the  West 
Indies.  An  experience  of  two  years  was  sufficient,  for  his  voice  was  not 
improved  and  he  found  the  climate  debilitating  to  his  general  health. 
He  returned  to  Connecticut  and  opened  an  academyat  Stratford,  which 
was  largely  patronized.  His  clearness  and  directness  in  imparting 
knowledge  and  thorough  acquaintance  with  the  subjects  he  taught 
made  him  a  teacher  of  very  wide  reputation.  When  the  P'.piscopal 
Academy  of  Connecticut  was  opened  in  June,  1796,  he  was  chosen 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

principal.  Under  him  it  at  once  became  one  of  the  best  institutions  in 
the  state.  After  the  declination  by  Abraham  Jarvis  of  the  episcopate 
of  Connecticut,  to  which  he  had  been  elected  at  New  Haven  in  May, 
1796,  the  clergy  and  laity  turned  at  once  with  sure  confidence  to  Mr. 
Bowden,  and  he  was  unanimousl)'  elected  at  an  adjourned  meeting  of 
the  Convention  held  on  October  19,  1796.  He  requested  that  he  be  al- 
lo^\ ed  to  defer  his  ansM er  until  the  Annual  Con\ention  in  the  follow- 
ing June.  This  desire  of  his  was  readily  gratified.  Upon  due  delibera- 
tion and  serious  consideration  Dr.  Bowden  felt  constrained  to  decline. 
His  decision  was  received  with  very  real  regret.  Dr.  Bo\\"den  continued 
as  principal  of  the  academy  for  six  years.  Towards  the  close  of  1801 
he  became  a  professor  in  Columbia  College,  New  York  City.  In  a 
letter  to  his  son,  Samuel  William  Johnson,  then  visiting  North  Caro- 
lina, written  January  22,  1802,  the  venerable  statesman  and  former 
president  of  Columbia  College,  Dr.  William  Samuel  Johnson,  says: 
"I  know  not  whether  you  Mill  think  it  worth  while  to  mention  to  you 
that  a  great  revolution  has  taken  place  in  Columbia  College.  Dr.  Whar- 
ton has  resigned,  and  the  trustees  have  appointed  Dr.  Bowden  Pro- 
fessor of  Moral  Philosophy  and  Rhetoric,  and  to  do  all  the  presiden- 
tial duties  except  at  Commencement,  M'ith  the  salary  I  enjoyed  ;  Bishop 
Moore  to  be  President,  to  attend  at  examinations  and  preside  at  Com- 
mencement with  a  salary  of  £140,  and  the  graduation  fees.  And  as 
Dr.  Mitchell  has  gone  off  to  Congress,  they  intend  to  supersede  him 
by  appointing  another  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  his  place.  Dr.  Bow- 
den has  accepted  the  appointment,  and  they  have  had  a  meeting  at 
Cheshire  to  provide  a  successor  in  the  Academy.  Dr.  Smith,  late  of 
Norwalk,  is  talked  of. ' '  [Beard sleij'' s  IJfe  and  Times  oflViUiam  Sam- 
uel Johnson,  p.  176.] 

Upon  his  removal  to  New  York  Dr.  Bowden  found  many  of  his  old 
friends  ready  to  welcome  him.  He  mingled  freely  with  the  clergy  of  the 
city,  and  preached  frequentlj' in  Trinity,  St.  Paul's,  and  St.  George's 
Churches.  Dr.  Berrian,  one  of  his  pupils,  says  on  page  158  of  his 
"Historical  Sketch  of  Trinity  Church  :  " 

"I  became  personallj'  acquainted  ^\ith  Dr.  Bowden  at  my  entrance 
into  Columbia  College,  in  1 809,  where  he  was  then  acting  as  Professor 
of  Rhetoric  and  Moral  Philosophy;  and  I  was  honoured  with  his  friend- 
ship in  later  life.  In  the  long  lapse  of  time  between  that  period  and  the 
present,  from  my  public  position,  and  from  travelling  extensively  both 

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JOHN  BOWDEN 

at  home  and  abroad,  I  have  had  an  opportunity  of  seeing  society  in 
most  of  its  forms ;  and  I  can  truly  say,  that  while  in  all  my  intercourse 
w  ith  it  I  have  rarely  seen  one  who  was  a  greater  ornament  to  his  pro- 
fession, I  have  ne\'er  met  with  a  more  thorough-bred  gentleman.  In 
college  e\'en,  M'here  the  highest  claims  to  respect  are  often  disregarded, 
if  accompanied  w  ith  the  slightest  peculiarity  of  manners;  by  the  just 
consideration  which  he  had  for  others,  and  the  quiet  dignity  of  his  de- 
portment, he  gained  the  universal  esteem  and  admiration  of  the  stu- 
dents. He  was  a  teacher  without  pedantry,  \\'ho  united  the  accomplish- 
ments of  the  scholar  w  ith  a  thorough  know  ledge  of  the  world;  giving 
no  occasion  for  ridicule  to  the  most  frivolous,  and  inspiring  the  more 
sedate  with  reverence  and  love." 

Dr.  McVickar,  another  pupil,  and  his  successor  in  the  professorship, 
says  of  his  quotations  from  the  poets  and  rhythmical  reading  from 
them : 

' '  Such  was  the  influence  of  good  taste,  his  manner  was  so  simple,  his 
sense  of  the  beauties  of  the  passage  so  sincere,  and  his  broken  tones 
so  genuine  and  heart-felt,  that  even  his  defective  utterance  came  in 
for  its  share  of  power ;  it  created  within  us  the  illusion  which  Horace 
recommends,  the  JJendum  ipsi  tibi;  we  believed  that  the  reader's  own 
feelings  were  overcome,  and  ours  (I  speak  at  least  of  one  of  his  hearers) 
followed  of  course.  On  such  occasions  it  was  a  pleasing  sight  to  see 
him  surrounded,  at  the  close  of  the  lecture,  with  a  crowd  of  eager 
applicants,  each  seeking,  with  glowing  cheek  and  glittering  eye,  the 
privilege  of  a  first  copy  of  what  they  had  listened  to  with  so  great  ad- 
miration. It  is  true,  that  as  a  disciplinarian,  he  held  lighdy  the  staff" 
of  authority  ;  he  leaned  rather  on  what  he  no  doubt  often  found  to  be 
a  broken  reed,  —  his  own  well-founded  claims  to  respect  and  affection. 
Yet  in  this  matter,  let  us  do  justice  to  both  teacher  and  pupil;  It  is 
in  discipline,  as  in  most  other  things,  the  true  value  is  not  ah\"ays  to 
be  judged  by  its  first  results,  and  more  especially  in  the  prosecution 
of  studies  that  bear  upon  character."  [John  McVickar,  as  quoted  by 
Beard.sley  in  Addresses  and  Discourses,  p.  16.] 

Dr.  Bowden  wrote  with  learning  and  conviction  upon  tlie  subject 
of  the  Episcopal  government  of  the  Church,  and  other  topics.  He  was 
a  member  of  many  boards  and  societies,  and  alwavs  did  his  full  share 
of  ^^•ork  in  them.  He  died  at  Ballston  Spa,  where  he  had  gone  for  his 
health,  July  31,  1817,  in  the  sixty-seventh  year  of  his  age. 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Dr.  Bow  den  married  Mary  Jervis.  Threesonsand  at  least  two  daugh- 
ters were  born  to  him.  One  son,  James  J.,  graduated  from  Cokimbia 
College  in  1813,  was  ordained  by  Bishop  Hobart  in  1818,  became 
rector  of  Trinity  Parish,  Charles  County,  Maryland,  principal  of  an 
academy  in  thecity  of  Washington,  and  died  in  1822,  in  his  twenty- 
seventh  year.  He  left  one  son,  James  J.,  who  became  a  well-known 
teacher,  and  died  in  October,  1861, 

Dr.  Gulian  Crommelin  Verplanck,  the  well-known  Shakespearean 
scholar  and  litterateur,  who  was  a  pupil,  gives  this  estimate  of  Dr. 
Bowden : 

"I  recollect  him  from  my  childhood,  as  a  visitor  and  friend  of  my 
grandfather's ;  I  was,  for  about  a  year,  one  of  his  pupils,  when  he 
entered  upon  the  duties  of  a  Professor  in  Columbia  College;  and  I 
had  afterwards  constant  opportunities  of  seeing  him  in  public  and  in 
private,  until  the  last  year  of  his  life.  I  can,  therefore,  give  you  my  gen- 
eral impressions  of  his  mind,  character  and  attainments,  partly  as  they 
were  formed  from  my  own  observation,  and  partly  as  they  were  gath- 
ered from  the  opinions  of  two  or  three  eminent  cotemporaries  of  his, 
better  qualified  than  myself  to  forma  correct  estimate  of  him.  I  have 
a  vague  recollection  of  having  understood  that,  in  his  youth,  he  had 
been  in  some  way  in  military  life,  or  connected  with  the  army ;  and  his 
appearance,  his  walk,  and  general  manner  certainly  resembled  those 
of  many  of  the  military  men  of  the  last  century,  whom  it  has  been 
my  good  fortune  to  know  in  their  later  years.  He  was,  at  any  rate,  a 
gentleman  of  the  old  school,  in  manners,  deportment,  and  the  usages 
of  good  society,  together  with  that  delicacy  of  personal  honour  and 
feeling,  which  distinguishes  the  better  class  of  military  men. 

But  his  life,  within  my  memory,  was  mainly  devoted  to  study,  and 
to  the  business  of  instruction, — first  as  a  private  teacher,  and  after- 
wards as  a  Professor.  He  was  an  accurate  and  exact  scholar,  familiar 
■\\  ith  the  best  authors  of  Greece  and  Rome,  and  of  his  own  language,  but 
I  should  think  not  of  extensive  or  profound  learning,  or  varied  and  ex- 
cursive reading.  In  English  literature,  his  taste  and  reading  were  of  the 
school  and  age  of  Pope,  Addison,  and  Johnson;  and  his  acquaintance 
with  the  old  English  authors  (like  that  of  the  majority  of  scholars  in 
the  last  century)  did  not  go  beyond  Shakespeare,  nor  extend  to  much 
familiarity  with  the  cotemporaries  of  the  great  poet.  He  had  acquired 
the  French  language,  and  was,  I  presume,  acquainted  in  some  de- 
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JOHN  BOWDEN 

gree  with  the  classical  authors  of  the  age  of  Louis  XIV;  but  he  never 
indicated,  either  in  his  conversation,  or,  as  far  as  I  recollect,  in  his 
written  lectures  or  oral  instruction  in  Belles  Lettres,  as  Professor,  any 
wide  familiaritv  with  French  literature,  nor  at  all  with  that  of  any- 
other  mcxlern  language,  beyond  w  hat  is  commonly  gathered  up  by 
a  reading  man  from  translations  and  review  s.  His  taste  was  pure  and 
exact,  and  his  style  simple,  wholly  unaflected,  always  perspicuous, 
and  often  vigorous.  He  had,  in  his  early  education,  and  afterwards 
as  a  Teacher,  acquired  the  elementary  Mathematics,  and  such  gen- 
eral scientific  knowledge  as  was  required  for  the  instruction  he  was 
called  upon  to  give;  but  his  tastes  were  not  scientific  nor  his  acquire- 
ments in  such  studies  at  all  extensive  or  profound ;  but  he  was  well 
informed  on  most  subjects  of  general  interest. 

"His  theological  studies,  I  think,  bore  the  same  character  Avith  his 
literature.  He  \vas  accurately  read  in  the  best  exponents  of  the  The- 
ology of  the  Church  of  England,  and  was  a  diligent  student  of  ancient 
Ecclesiastical  History ;  but  he  had,  I  believe,  but  little  acquaintance 
A\"ith  the  modern  exegetical  or  philological  commentators  and  ex- 
pounders of  the  Scriptures  in  their  original  tongues. 

"I  have  an  impression  that  the  writings  of  Charles  Leslie,  the  Non- 
juror,— now  remembered  chiefly,  by  his  'Short  Method  with  the 
Deists,'  but  in  his  day  a  controversialist  who  bore  arms  in  every  field 
of  theological  polemics,  Mere  among  his  favourite  reading.  Johnson 
spoke  of  the  Non-jurors,  with  whom  he  had  many  sympathies  of 
feeling  and  opinion,  as  writers  who  could  not  reason,  but  he  strongly 
excepted  Leslie  from  the  criticism,  as  'a  reasoner  indeed,  and  a  rea- 
soner  not  to  be  reasoned  against. ' ' '  \^Spragi/e^ sylnna/s,  vol.  v,  p.  306.] 

Dr.  Bowden  published  the  following  books,  as  taken  from  Berrian's 
"Historical  Sketch  of  Trinity  Church,"  page  159  : 

"l.  A  Letter  from  John  Bowden,  A.M.,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Norwalk,  to  the  Rev.  Ezra  Stiles,  D.D.,  LL.,D.,  President 
of  Yale  College ;  occasioned  by  some  passages  concerning  Church 
Go\ernment,  in  an  ordination  Sermon,  preached  at  New-London, 
May  17th,  1787. 

"2.  A  second  Letter  from  John  Bowden,  A.M.,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's 

Church,  Norwalk,  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Stiles,  President  of  Yale  College. 

In  this  letter  the  Rev.  Dr.  Chauncey's  complete  view  of  Episcopacy 

luitil  the  close  of  the  second  century  is  particularly  considered,  and 

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some  remarks  are  made  upon  a  few  passages  of  Dr.  Stiles's  Election 
Sermon. 

"3.  A  Letter  from  a  Weaver  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Sherman,  occasioned 
by  a  pubHcation  of  his  in  the  Fairfield  Gazette,  for  the  purpose  of 
'Pinching  the  Episcopalian  Clergy  with  the  Truth.' 

"4.  An  Address  from  John  Bowden,  A.M.,  to  the  Members  of 
the  Episcopal  Church  in  Stratford ;  to  which  is  added  a  letter  to  the 
Rev.  Mr.  James  Sayre. 

"5.  Two  letters  to  the  Editor  of  the  Christian's  Magazine;  by  a 
Churchman. 

"6.  A  Letter  from  a  Churchman  to  his  friend  in  New-Haven ;  con- 
taining a  few  strictures  on  a  pamphlet  signed  J.  R.  O. 

"7.  Some  Remarks  in  favor  of  the  Division  of  the  General  Con- 
vention of  the  Church  into  two  Houses ;  the  House  of  Bishops,  and 
the  House  of  Lav-Deputies  ;  the  one  having  a  negative  on  the  other. 

"  8.  A  full  length  portrait  of  Calvinism. 

"9.  The  Essentials  of  Ordination. 

"  10.  The  Ajiostolic  Origin  of  Episcopacy  Asserted,  in  a  series  of 
letters,  addressed  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Miller,  one  of  the  Pastors  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Churches  in  the  city  of  New- York. 

"  11.  A  series  of  letters  addressed  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Miller,  in  answer 
to  the  continuation  of  letters  concerning  the  constitution  and  order  of 
the  Christian  Ministry. 

"  12.  Observations,  bv  a  Protestant,  on  a  Profession  of  Catholic  Faith 
by  a  Clergyman  of  Baltimore,  and  with  the  authority  of  the  Right 
Rev.  Bishop  Carroll." 


[  From  John  Bowden  ] 

Cheshire  Aug'"  i  5'''  I  809 

D^  Sir, 

I  AM  sorry  that  you  should  be  at  a  loss  for  D"'  Kemp's 
manuscript.  I  put  it  under  cover,  sealed  &  dire61ed  it,  & 
fully  intended  to  leave  it  with  the  Bishop.  Inquire  of  him,  if  he 
has  it  not,  get  from  M"^'  Kemp  the  key  of  the  house,  &  if 

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there  is  upon  my  table  a  large  book,  look  into  it,  perhaps  you 
will  find  it  there.  If  not,  it  will  be  in  vain  to  search  among  my 
papers;  for  I  am  very  certain,  it  is  not  among  them.  Lost,  I 
am  sure  it  is  not.  You  will,  if  it  cannot  be  found,  have  to  wait 
till  I  go  to  N  York.  I  am  very  sorry  for  the  disappointment; 
but  you  will  be  at  no  loss  for  a  substitute;  and  before  the 
Nov'' publication,!  hope  to  be  in  the  city. 

I  think  the  Academy  is  doing  pretty  well.  M'  Brunson  is  cer- 
tainly very  diligent,  &  the  boys  are  studious  &  orderly. The 
young  men,  our  society  lias  on  its  list,  are  making  a  rapid 
progress  in  learning,  &  their  chara6lers  remain  irreproach- 
able. I  really  wish  some  youth  from  N  York  could  be  induced 
to  come  here.  The  place  is  so  healthy,  the  temptations  to  vice 
so  few,  &  the  Academy  so  well  condu^led,  that  I  do  not  know 
a  situation  in  which  I  would  sooner  place  a  boy. 

The  Baptists  have  lately  set  up  an  Academy  at  Wallingford, 
six  miles  from  this  village.  As  they  are  all  democrats,  their 
principal  object  is  to  promote  democracy.  With  such  a  view, 
neither  religion  nor  learning  will  flourish. 

M"^  M'^Donald  will  leave  the  Academy  in  06i[  I  wish  to  have 
Brady  here.  The  Committee  will  meet  probably,  next  week, 
to  determine  the  matter.  They  will  not  be  able  to  give  him 
more  than  a  hundred  pounds  a  year;  but  as  he  can  get  his 
board  for  two  dol^  a  week,  &  can  pursue  his  theological  stud- 
ies in  a  considerable  degree,  I  think  he  had  better  accept  of  it 
for  a  twelve  month.  I  shall  write  to  him  as  soon  as  I  can  speak 
positively. 

The  regards  of  this  family  ever  attend  you  &  M'^  Hobart. 
Y-^ 
Rev"  D"  Hobart,  Sincere  friend  &  brother 

J.  BowDEN. 

Siipencriplion: 

Rev?  Doctor  Hobart  No.  —  Greenwich  Street  New  York 
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ANNOTATIONS 

James  Kemp. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  336. 

Mrs.  John  Kemp. 

This  lady  was  the  wife  of  Dr.  John  Kemp,  professor  of  mathematics 
in  Columbia  College.  They  lived  at  No.  2  College  Place,  in  one  of  the 
row  of  houses  built  for  the  use  of  the  professors.  Dr.  Bowden  was 
their  near  neighbour.  A  notice  of  Professor  Kemp  is  given  in  Vol- 
imie  IV,  page  286. 

The  Episcopal  Academy  of  Conne£iiciit . 

Among  the  plans  of  the  first  Bishop  of  Connecticut  for  the  benefit  of 
the  diocese  was  the  establishment  of  an  institution  of  learning  under 
the  exclusive  control  of  the  Church.  Yale  College  was  then  domi- 
nated b}'  the  Standing  Order,  and  imposed  upon  Churchmen  onerous 
restrictions.  This  A\as  also  the  case  with  the  better  class  of  prepara- 
tory schools  and  academies.  To  give  the  best  instruction  possible,  both 
in  secular  and  religious  knowledge,  and  train  the  students  also  in  the 
principles  of  the  Church,  was  the  design  of  Bishop  Seaburj-  and  his 
associates  when,  on  February  15,  1792,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Convoca- 
tion which  was  composed  of  the  Bishop  and  clergy,  held  at  East  Had- 
dam,  the  members  \\&rt  asked  "to  make  enquiry  of  their  neighbor- 
ing towns  and  see  \\hat  could  be  done  towards  erecting  an  Episcopal 
Academy  and  make  report  to  the  next  Convocation . ' '  [Records  of  Con- 
vocation, p.  41.] 

So  far  as  the  "Records"  show,  no  report  Mas  made  by  any  of  the 
clergy,  but  at  the  Convention  of  the  diocese  in  1794  an  address  Mas 
prepared  and  circulated  in  the  \arious  parishes,  in  m hich  the  benefits 
of  the  proposed  academy  Mere  set  forth  and  subscriptions  requested. 
Dr.  Richard  Mansfield  of  Derby  was  the  chairman  of  the  committee, 
which  went  actively  to  work,  and  \vas  able  to  report  to  the  Conven- 
tion held  at  Stratford,  June  3,  1795,  a  satisfactory  subscription  list 
and  proposals  from  the  towns  of  Wallingford  and  Cheshire  for  the 
location  of  the  academy.  The  Con\'ention  by  resolution  established 
the  Episcopal  Academv  of  Connecticut,  "  to  be  under  such  limitations 
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JOHN  BOWDEN 

and  regulations  as  should  be  afterwards  agreed  to  by  the  Conven- 
tion." A  committee  of  nine  was  then  appointed  to  recei\e  proposals 
from  the  touns  of  Cheshire,  Wallingford,  and  Stratford  only,  and  to 
meet  in  the  town  of  Hamden,  at  the  tavern  of  Major  Bellamy,  July  1, 
1795,  and  then  determine  the  location  of  the  academy.  John  Bow- 
den  and  Ashbel  Baldwin,  with  an  accomplished  layman,  Samuel  Wil- 
liam Johnson,  Avere  appointed  to  frame  a  code  of  knvs  for  the  tempo- 
rary government  of  the  Episcopal  Academy  established  in  this  state, 
till  the  next  Annual  Convention.  They  were  also  to  draft  a  constitu- 
tion and  permanent  rules,  or  laws,  for  the  government  of  the  academy, 
which  were  to  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Convention.  When 
the  committee  met  at  Hamden  it  determined  that  the  academy  should 
be  built  at  Cheshire.  The  efforts  of  Reuben  I\es,  the  rector  of  the 
parish,  and  Burrage  Beach,  in  securing  money  and  land  in  that 
town  brought  about  this  action.  The  corner-stone  of  the  first  building 
was  laid  with  Masonic  ceremonies,  April  28, 1796.  A  service  was  held 
in  St.  Peter's  Church,  when  an  address  was  deli\ered  by  Mr.  Ives, 
which  closed  with  these  words: 

"Such  are  the  animating  considerations  to  unite  the  hearts  and 
strengthen  the  hands  of  those  who  have  engaged  in  the  work  on  which 
we  have  now  assembled.  Let  them  not  be  discouraged  by  any  diffi- 
culties that  may  be  thrown  in  their  way,  but  persevere  unto  the  end, 
resting  assured  that  they  will  meet  the  approbation  of  every  candid  and 
liberal  mind.  Let  them  look  forward  imto  the  distant  good  they  are 
about  to  promote, — the  services  they  are  rendering  to  society  and  re- 
ligion. And  may  the  blessing  of  God  succeed  their  undertaking ;  may 
his  grace  and  Holy  Spirit  be  our  guide  in  the  remaining  parts  of  this 
solemnity,  that  decency  and  order  ma}'  per\  ade  our  proceedings,  and 
this  day  furnish  a  useful  lesson  of  instruction  to  all  who  are  present 
— grateful  to  their  memories  and  lasting  as  their  \ives.^^ \^Beardslei/'' s 
Addresses  mid  Discourses,  /'•"•] 

The  building  then  erected  and  now  known  as  Bowden  Hall,  the 
name  given  to  it  rather  recently,  is  still  standing. 

It  was  a  great  grief  that  the  Bishop,  w  ho  had  been  the  projector  of 
the  academy,  could  not  see  the  realization  of  his  plans.  He  died  sud- 
denly in  February,  1796,  leaving  a  mourning  diocese.  In  the  minds 
of  many  the  academy  %\as  to  be  the  nucleus  of  a  college  which 
should  bear  the  revered  name  of  Seabury.  At  the  Convention  of  1796 
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a  board  of  twenty-one  trustees  was  chosen.  Dr.  John  Bow  den,  the 
rector  of  Stratford,  where  he  also  conducted  a  prosperous  academy, 
was  made  the  first  principaL  He  was  a  man  Avhose  ability  fitted  him 
for  any  office,  and  he  had  the  full  confidence  of  the  \\  hole  diocese. 
Dr.  Bowden  had  also  been  elected  in  October,  1796,  as  Bishop,  but 
felt  obliged  to  decline.  He  gave  the  academy  at  once  a  reputation  for 
thoroughness  and  accuracy  which  it  long  maintained,  training  the 
boys  to  be  vigorous  in  intellect  and  manly  in  bearing.  He  brought  with 
him  the  greater  part  of  his  scholars  at  Stratford.  On  April  14,  1801, 
the  trustees  resolved  to  apply  to  the  General  Assembly  for  a  charter 
of  incorporation.  In  the  memorial  accompanying  the  draft  of  the 
charter  it  is  said  that  from  its  opening  in  June,  1796,  it  "generally 
had  in  the  course  of  education  about  sixty  persons."  The  memorial 
Mas  granted,  and  Abraham  Jarvis,  John  Bowden,  Richard  Mansfield, 
Cliauncey  Prindle,  Tillotson  Bronson,  Calvin  White,  Samuel  Wil- 
liam Johnson,  William  Heron,  John  Morgan,  Abijah  Hull,  Eli  Curtis, 
Andrew  Hull,  Jr.,  William  Law,  Samuel  A.  La^v,  Thomas  Atwater, 
Burrage  Beach,  and  Moses  Moss  were  made  a  body  corporate  and 
politic  by  the  name  of  ' '  The  Trustees  of  the  Episcopal  Academy  of 
Connecticut."  In  1802  Dr.  Bowden  was  elected  professor  of  moral 
philosophy  in  Columbia  College  and  resigned  the  principalship.  Dr. 
William  Smith,  the  rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Norwalk,  was  chosen 
as  his  successor.  Dr.  Smith's  profound  learning  was  not  combined  with 
a  proper  understanding  of  boy  nature.  He  found  that  he  was  entirely 
unfitted  for  the  position,  and  after  some  contests  with  the  trustees 
and  a  decline  in  patronage  and  popularity,  he  resigned  in  June,  1806. 
A  sketch  of  Dr.  Smith  is  given  in  Volume  III,  page  47.  He  was 
succeeded  by  Tillotson  Bronson,  under  whom  the  academy  became 
a  very  real  power  in  the  Church  and  the  State.  With  the  desire  that 
it  should  be  even  more  useful,  the  trustees  in  1811  petitioned  the 
General  Assembly  for  a  college  charter.  This  was  refused,  as  were 
other  applications  made  in  subsequent  years.  Dr.  Bronson's  death 
in  1826  left  the  academv  in  a  prosperous  condition.  Dr.  Christian  F. 
Cruse,  afterward  librarian  of  the  General  Theological  Seminary,  was 
made  principal  in  1829,  and  remained  two  years.  In  1832  Dr.  Bethel 
Judd  became  principal,  and  remained  four  years.  The  academy 
appears  to  have  been  at  a  low  ebb  from  1826  to  1836.  In  that  year 
Allan  C.  Morgan  became  principal.  Of  his  administration  Dr. Beards- 
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JOHN  BOW  DEN 

ley  says,  in  his  sketch  of  the  academy  delivered  in  1844,  and  found 
on  page  36  of  his  "Addresses  and  Discourses:" 

"  ^Vhen  the  Rev.  Mr.  Sherwood  accepted  the  rectorship  of  the  High 
School  at  Hartford,  Mr.  Morgan  went  with  him  as  his  principalteacher, 
and  when  he  afterward  moved  to  Ulster,  N.Y. ,  he  again  followed  him 
in  tlie  same  capacit)-.  There  he  continued  till  the  autumn  of  1831, 
\\  hen  he  returned  to  Hartford,  and  was  ordained  a  Deacon  in  Christ 
Church,  the  27th  of  November.  He  began  the  duties  of  his  ministry 
in  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Plymouth,  and  the  newlv  formed  parish  at 
Bristol,  but  in  the  latter  part  of  the  succeeding  summer  he  a\  as  invited 
to  suppl}^  the  vacanc}'  in  the  rectorship  of  St.  John's  Church,  Water- 
bury,  where  he  was  ordained  a  Priest,  January  17,  1833.  For  more 
than  four  years  he  labored  in  this  parish,  with  great  zeal  and  accept- 
ance. He  showed  himself,  in  all  liis  duties,  the  faithful  pastor  and  un- 
tiring friend  of  his  people.  He  realized  the  great  responsibility  M'hich 
he  had  assumed  in  becoming  an  overseer  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord ; 
and  never  was  there  a  man  who  seemed  to  take  a  livelier  interest  in 
everything  that  concerned  the  prosperity  of  the  Church  and  its  Insti- 
tutions. He  had  a  heart  that  could  '  feel  for  others'  woes.'  He  was  an 
ardent  friend  to  the  Missionary  enterprise,  and  cast  into  the  treasury 
of  the  Lord  even  more  than  justice  to  himself  would  appear  to  require. 
His  cultivated  taste  and  ripe  scholarship  led  him  to  cherish,  ^\•ith  pe- 
culiar zeal,  the  cause  of  education,  and  when  in  1836  he  Mas  selected 
by  the  Convention  as  a  fit  i)erson  to  fill  the  office  of  Principal  of  this 
Institution,  there  was  a  long  struggle  bet\\  een  his  feelings  and  duty 
before  he  could  bring  himself  to  accept  the  appointment.  He  saw  clearly 
that  the  interests  of  the  Church  and  of  the  College  at  Hartford  required 
a  strong  man  at  this  post;  and  yet  he  could  not  bear  the  idea  of  re- 
linquishing a  parish  that  had  gained  such  a  prominent  place  in  his 
affections.  He  took  the  office,  however,  and  filled  it  \\  ith  energy  and 
success.  My  limits  A\ill  not  permit  me  to  enlarge  upon  his  character  in 
the  different  relations  of  life ;  nor  does  it  seem  to  be  essential,  from  the 
fact  that  it  is  yet  fresh  in  the  remembrance  of  his  pupils  and  friends. 
The  best  part  of  his  years  was  spent  in  the  laborious  employment  of 
teaching  ;  and  he  has  left  a  name  behind  him  in  that  capacity  which 
will  not  soon  be  forgotten.  As  a  disciplinarian  he  was  severe  and  in- 
flexible. He  held  the  staff  of  authority  with  a  firm  grasp,  and  treated 
■\\  ith  cool  contempt  the  modern  notions  of  governing  by  an  appeal  to 
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moral  motives.  He  regarded  them  as  originating  in  the  weakness  of 
parents  and  ending  in  the  ruin  of  children.  With  human  instruction 
he  blended  the  lessons  of  divine  truth,  and  seemed  to  feel  that  no  de- 
gree of  human  learning  and  science  is  truly  valuable,  except  so  far  as 
it  is  made  subser\ient  to  the  power  of  the  Christian  religion.  In  all  his 
exertions,  his  single  aim  \\  as  the  glory  of  God  and  the  good  of  the 
Church.  If  he  was  ambitious,  his  ambition  was  tempered  by  Chris- 
tian principles.  Though  his  literary  attainments  were  of  no  ordinary 
kind,  he  was  far  above  the  vanity  of  M'ishing  to  appear  learned,  and 
therefore  never  stooped  to  court  applause  by  the  exhibition  of  his 
talents.  He  knew  that  it  was  necessary  for  success  in  life  to  maintain 
the  character  of  a  good  man  ;  but  with  respect  to  the  public  opinion 
of  his  abilities  he  was  not  solicitous.  He  had  his  faults,  but  they  were 
such  as  often  attach  to  our  depraved  nature  in  its  best  estate." 

Mr.  Morgan  died  suddenly  at  New  York,  October  12,  1838,  in  the 
thirty-seventh  year  of  his  age.  Among  his  successors  have  been  Eben 
Edwards  Beardsley,  afterward  founder  and  rector  of  St.  Thomas's 
Church,  New  Haven,  and  historian  of  the  diocese  ;  Seth  Birdsey  Pad- 
dock, the  father  of  t^o Bishops ;  Sanford  Jackson  Horton,  who  was  in 
officefor  thirty  years ;  andUri  D.Woodbury,  who  resigned  about  1904 
after  a  connecdon  with  the  school  of  nearly  fifty  years.  The  property 
is  now  leased  to  an  association  which  maintains  a  school  of  high 
character,  know  n  as  the  Cheshire  School. 

Tillotson  Bronson. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  April  24,  1815. 

lJnio7i  Academy,  Wallingjord. 

A  Baptist  Society  m  as  formed  within  the  limits  of  the  present  town 
of  Wallingford,  New  Haven  County,  Connecticut,  in  1735.  Its  mem- 
bership was  small,  and  die  organization  was  allowed  to  lapse  in  1750. 
A  new  society  was  formed  in  1786  through  the  exertions  of  Solo- 
mon Wheat  of  Glastonbury,  with  seven  men  and  five  M'omen.  They 
met  in  private  houses  for  some  years.  A  temple,  as  it  was  called, 
was  built  in  1801,  in  the  part  of  the  town  known  as  Meriden  Parish. 
When  the  new  town  of  Meriden  was  formed  it  became  the  church 
for  that  community.  Another  society,  including  North  Haven,  was 
gathered  in  1791,  which  used  the  building  on  the  site  now  occupied 
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JOHN  BOWDEN 

by  St.  Paul's  Church,  know  n  as  the  Wells  meeting-house,  erected  in 
1763  for  Simon  \\'aterman.  After  being  served  by  ministers  a\  ho 
remained  for  only  a  short  time,  Joshua  Bradley,  pastor  of  the  Baptist 
Church  at  Middletown,  was  asked  in  1808  to  open  an  academy  in 
Wallingford.  He  \\as  a  son  of  Hopestill  Bradley  of  Randolph,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  born  July  5,  1773.  The  family  was  poor,  and 
the  boy  was  apprenticed  to  a  shoemaker.  In  1790  a  vivid  dream  of 
the  Last  Judgement  determined  him  to  become  a  minister  of  Christ's 
Church.  He  came  under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Briggs,  the  Baptist 
minister.  By  great  self-denial  he  acquired  an  education  when  nearly 
twenty,  which  enabled  him  to  enter  Brown  University,  Providence, 
in  1797,  as  a  member  of  the  senior  class.  He  graduated  in  1799,  and 
was  ordained  May  13,  1801,  as  colleague  of  Gardiner  Thurston,  min- 
ister of  the  Second  Baptist  Church,  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  In  1807 
he  removed  to  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  preaching  also  in  Tolland. 
Churches  were  built  and  well  filled.  In  the  following  year  he  went  to 
Middletown  at  the  urgent  request  of  the  Baptist  Church.  Services  were 
then  held  in  the  court-house,  but  during  his  administration  a  church 
building  Mas  erected.  In  1809  he  removed  to  Wallingford,  and  gath- 
ered together  about  a  hundred  pupils,  and  in  the  following  year  a 
suitable  structure  for  an  academy  w  as  erected.  Mr.  Bradley  preached 
to  the  Baptists  of  the  town,  in  North  Haven,  and  frequently  on  Satur- 
day evenings  in  theMasonicHall,  NewHa\en.  He  met  all  the  expenses 
of  this  missionary  work  from  his  own  resources.  The  academy  was 
incorporated  as  Union  Academy,  May  12,  1812,  on  the  petition  of 
Samuel  Cork  and  others.  The  two  hundred  and  fifty  shares  of  stock 
at  five  dollars  a  share  were  soon  taken.  Of  Mr.  Bradley's  Mork 
Dr.  Rufus  Babcock,  a  well-kno\\n  Baptist  minister  of  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  wrote  to  Dr.  William  B.  Sprague  in  1859,  as  recorded  on 
page  405  of  volume  vi  of  Sprague's  "Annals:  " 

"My  earliest  recollections  of  the  Rev.  Joshua  Bradley  are  connected 
with  the  attendance  of  my  brother,  next  older  than  myself,  at  the 
Academy  taught  by  him  at  Wallingford,  Conn.,  in  the  year  1810. 
More  than  once,  in  that  and  the  following  year,  I  accompanied  this 
brother  on  his  return  to  the  Academy,  after  a  visit  at  home,  and  this 
gave  me  an  opportunity  of  seeing  something  of  the  Principal  in  his 
relations  to  both  the  instruction  and  the  management  of  his  school. 
He  was  between  thirty-fi\e  and  forty  \ears  of  age.  He  was  of  medium 


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height;  of  dark  complexion;  a\  ith  a  piercing  blaclc  eye,  and  a  rotund 
face,  bearing  the  general  aspect  of  fine  health  and  spirits  and  great 
activit}'.  In  all  his  intercourse  \\  ith  his  pupils,  his  manner  seemed  free 
and  genial,  but  some^\  hat  decided  and  exacting.  He  was  just  about 
the  last  man  you  would  think  of  taking  liberties  with,  and  yet  you 
might  be  assured  of  his  kindness  if  you  deserved  it.  You  felt,  both  in 
and  out  of  the  school,  that  the  religious  man  and  the  minister  pre- 
dominated over  the  mere  officialities  of  the  Preceptor.  On  one  occasion 
I  was  present  at  the  semi-annual  exhibition  of  the  Academy,  and  I 
was  much  impressed  by  his  unusual  capability  and  tact  in  getting 
up  and  managing  to  the  best  advantage  such  sho\\  y  demonstrations 
of  the  capacities  of  all  classes  of  his  pupils.  He  was,  in  short,  a  very 
popular  teacher,  and  within  his  own  range  a  very  good  one." 

Mr.  Bradley  removed  in  1817,  with  the  intention  of  establishing 
an  academy  in  Ohio,  but  remained  in  Albany,  New  York,  where  he 
reorganized  the  Baptist  Church.  The  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent 
in  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Kentucky,  Ohio,  Illinois,  and  Missouri, 
where  he  was  instrumental  in  founding  schools  and  colleges.  He  died 
at  the  home  of  his  son,  Joshua  T.  Bradley,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 
November  22,  1855,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  his  age.  After  Mr. 
Bradley's  departure  Union  Academy  had  as  principals,  Elder  Wright 
and  Thomas  Ruggles.  It  continued  to  maintain  a  high  standard  and 
to  educate  a  large  number  of  scholars  until  about  1835.  It  then  grad- 
ually declined,  and  the  building  finally  became  a  dwelling-house. 

Daniel  McDonald. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  13,  1815. 

John  Brady. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  February  15,  181 1. 


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JOHN  DAVIS 

JOHN  Davis  ^^■as  a  wealthy  and  influential  citizen  of  Poughkeepsie 
for  more  than  fifty  years.  He  and  his  brother  Richard  owned  and 
operated  sloops  on  the  Hudson  River,  doing  a  general  forwarding  and 
freighting  business.  A  road,  now  Pine  Street,  from  Market  Street  to 
the  river  led  to  the  private  landingof  Richard  Davis  and  their  extensive 
store-houses.  Both  were  original  members  of  Christ  Church  and  liberal 
in  their  subscriptions  and  gifts.  From  1766  to  1783  they  were  members 
of  the  vestr3^  In  1766  John  Davis  subscribed  two  pounds  towards 
the  purchase  of  a  glebe.  By  the  charter  granted  in  March,  1773,  he 
was  named  warden.  On  June  17,  1775,  w  ith  his  brother  Richard  and 
Bartholomew  Crannell,  he  advanced  two  hundred  pounds  sterling  to 
the  parish.  He  served  as  treasurer  from  1773  to  1782.  He  was  senior 
warden  after  the  Revolution  in  1789,  1803,  1806,  1809,  and  1810, 
and  junior  warden  in  1799,  1800,  1802,  1804,  1805,  and  1808.  He 
represented  the  parish  in  the  Convention  of  the  Diocese  of  New  York 
in  1789, 1795,  1796, 1802, 1806, 1808, 1809, 1812, 1813, and  was 
one  of  the  three  lay  delegates  from  New  York  in  the  General  Con- 
vention of  1785.  In  August,  1809,  after  the  resignation  of  Barzillai 
Bulkley,  Mr.  Davis  was  appointed  the  agent  of  the  \estry  to  repre- 
sent the  state  of  the  parish  and  solicit  aid  from  the  Corporation  of 
Trinitv  Church .  He  succeeded  in  obtaining  an  annuity  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  for  five  years.  Mr.  Davis  died  about  1815. 


[  From  John  Davis  ] 

August  y=  19  1809 

D^SiR 

I  WILL  thank  yoti  to  forward  M' Strebeck's  letter  to  him. 
Not  knowing  in  what  part  of  the  City  he  lives  in,  but  if 
he  shotild  not  be  in  Town  or  like  to  be  soon  then  I  will  thank 
you  to  let  me  know  the  same  by  a  line  sent  me  in  the  most 
convenient  manner  to  you — M'  Strebeck  when  he  was  in  our 
Church  gave  so  general  satisfa6lion  that  our  Congregation 
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wish  to  hear  him  again  to  make  further  Tryal  and  the  letter 
to  him  is  to  that  purpose;  if  I  am  not  mistaken  M"^  John  Par- 
kinson hves  in  your  Neighbourhood,  if  a  hne  to  me  be  handed 
to  him  he  will  put  it  on  board  of  one  of  our  Sloops  and  I  shall 
be  sure  to  have  it  soon,  or  if  it  is  more  convenient  to  you 
to  write  by  mail  then  write  that  way  M""  Bukeley  left  us  on 
Wednesday  last  and  I  expe6l  before  this  you  have  seen  him 
in  the  City  as  he  told  me  he  was  going  there.  I  have  taken 
the  liberty  of  writing  to  you  on  this  subje6t  and  hope  you  will 
excuse  my  freedom  well  knowing  you  have  the  Interest  of  our 
Church  at  heart  and  will  give  us  your  aid  and  assistance  in 
procuring  of  a  person  suitable  for  a  Rector. — my  best  Re- 
spe6ls  and  love  to  you  and  M?  Hobart  (  M?  Davis  would  join 
me  was  she  at  Home  but  she  is  at  Albany )  and  am  D"^  Sir  your 
sinsere  friend 

John  Davis 

Superscription  : 

Rev°  Doct?  Hobart  No  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York 


ANNOTATIONS 

George  Streheck. 

In  1 8 19  George  Strebeck  was  the  rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New 
York  City.  He  was  then  living  at  No.  185  Bowery.  Some  particulars 
concerning  Mr.  Strebeck  are  given  in  Volume  II,  page  321. 

John  Parkmson. 

John  Parkinson  was  a  shipping  merchant,  with  office  and  Avarehouses 

at  No.  5  Whitehall  Street  and  No.  30  Coenties  Slip. 

Barxillai  Bulkley. 
For  sketch  see  page  243. 

Mrs.  John  Davis. 

No  particulars  have  been  ascertained  respecting  this  lady. 
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FREDERIC  BEASLEY 

[From  Frederic  Beaslev] 

Elizabeth  town  Sept'  29'*'  i8og 

My  Dear  Hobart 

M'^  Williamson  will  hand  you  this  letter  in  w''  I  inclose 
85  dollars,  25  for  Swords  40  for  the  Missionary  &  20 
for  the  Bps  fund.  They  are  the  colle6tions  made  in  my  church 
for  the  two  years  past.  I  inclose  also  a  receipt  for  the  8  dol- 
lars I  paid  the  corporation  &c.  I  requested  you  to  pay  the  same 
sum  for  me  last  year.  Did  you  do  so."*  And  shall  I  now  that  I 
remove  from  the  state  be  able  to  derive  any  advantage  from 
what  I  have  already  paid.^  Inform  me  of  these  particulars  if 
you  please.  I  set  off  to  morrow  morning  for  Baltimore,  &  ex- 
pe6l  to  reach  Philadelphia  early  the  next  morn^'.  I  very  much 
regret  that  I  have  so  little  opportunity  of  being  with  you  since 
I  came  down.  I  was  always  prevented  from  visiting  you  again 
in  your  philosophic  solitude  only  by  our  horse  &  chair  being 
occupied  when  I  wanted  them.  Remember  myself  &  M"^^  B: 
very  affe6lionately  to  M''  H  &  believe  Me 

ever  Y"^  Sincere  friend. 

Frederic  Beasley. 

Sufencription  : 

[  Torn]  H :  Hobart  New  York  No  46  Greenwich  St. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Willi  a  m  Willi  a  m  so  n . 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  442, 

Thomi}S  and  James  Szvords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 

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Maria  Beasley. 

Frederic  Beasley  married  as  his  second  wife,  June  29,  1807,  Maria 
Williamson,  daughter  of  Matthias  Williamson.  By  this  marriage  he 
had  nine  children.  Maria  Beasley  died  July  2,  1852. 


C  288  ;] 


JOHN  REED 

[  From  John  Reed  ] 

Catskill,  Sep'.  29'''  1809. 

Rev?.  &  Dear  Sir, 

IHA VE  for  a  length  of  time  flattered  myself  with  the  idea 
that  I  should  be  at  New  York  at  the  Convention,  and  until 
this  day  haveexpe6led  to  attend;  but  the  situation  of  my  people 
will  prevent.  Several  of  my  friends  have  for  some  time  bee7i  co7i- 
fned  with  fevers  and  several  more  have  within  48  hours  been 
attacked;  and  being  supplicated  by  those  who  are  in  distress 
I  have  consented  to  remain  with  them.  I  ought  come,  my 
people  know  it,  but  in  their  present  situation  I  am  influenced 
to  stay  with  them.  I  forwarded  the  money  for  the  last  year's 
Magazines  to  Mr.  Swords  and  shall  be  enabled  to  transmit 
for  this  year  within  a  few  days.  I  find  it  difficult  to  colle61:  it, 
not  so  much  from  the  unwillingness  of  the  people  to  pay  but 
their  inattention.  You  have  heard  of  the  consecration  of  our 
Church  and  hope  you  will  be  so  kind  as  to  notice  it  in  the 
magazine.  Will  you  be  so  kind  as  to  mintion  to  Mr.  Printice 
that  if  I  can  possibly  leave  home  I  shall  meet  him  on  thursday 
next  at  Poughkeepsie. 

Be  so  good  as  to  make  my  respefts  to  our  friends  in  con- 
vention, to  M?  Hobart  and  believe  me  ReV^  Sir,  your  friend 
and 

Brother  in  Christ 


John  Reed 


Superscription: 

Rev?.  John  Henry  Hobart.  City  of  New  York. 


c  289  n 


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ANNOTATIONS 

Thomas  and  James  Sivords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Consecration  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Catskill. 
In  an  appendix  to  the  Journal  of  the  Diocese  of  New  York,  1859,  with 
separate  pagination,  there  is  printed:  "  Episcopal  Acts  performed  by 
the  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  Diocese  of  New  York." 

The  pamphlet  A\as  compiled  by  the  secretary  of  the  Convention, 
Dr.  William  Ernest  Eigenbrodt,  with  permission  of  Dr. William  Ber- 
rian,  rector  of  Trinity  Church  in  the  city  of  New  York,  from  records 
made  by  Bishop  Moore  when  rector  of  that  parish. 

On  page  13  is  this  entry : ' '  Saturday,  September  23 , 1 809 .  St.  Luke's 
Church  at  Catskill  was  consecrated." 

No  mention  was  made  of  the  consecration  in  "The  Churchman's 
Magazine,"  and  in  his  address  to  the  Convention  of  the  diocese  in 
October,  1809,  the  Bishop  only  records  the  fact  of  his  visitation  of  the 
parish. 

Joseph  Prentice. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  420. 


C  290  2 


HENRY  JAMES  FELTUS 

HENRY  James  Feltus  uas  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland.  His  father 
w  as  a  merchant  in  that  cit}-,  and  as  he  died  -w  hile  the  children 
were  young,  his  widow  opened  a  school  to  support  them.  Henry 
James  w  as  carefully  brought  up.  When  quite  young  he  w  as  intimate 
with  Adam  Clark,  the  commentator,  by  whom  he  was  introduced  to 
Dr.  Thomas  Coke  and  John  Wesley,  who  became  his  friends  and 
advisers.  It  was  under  their  influence  that  he  joined  the  Methodists. 
In  1794  he  was  married  to  Martha  Ryan,  and  in  1 795  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  with  his  bride.  He  made  his  home  at  Elizabeth  Town, 
New  Jersey,  and  was  highly  esteemed  as  an  exhorter.  In  September, 
1796,  he  succeeded  Samuel  C.  Blackman  as  principal  of  the  Eliza- 
beth Town  Academy.  In  1798  he  remo\ed  to  New  York  City  and  took 
charge  of  the  Methodist  Acadeni}-.  Under  what  circumstances  he 
returned  to  the  church  of  his  baptism  is  not  known.  March  15,  1801, 
he  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  White,  and  took  charge  of  Trinity 
Church,  Swedesboro,  now  Jerse\-,  as  the  successor  of  John  Croes,  m  ho 
had  been  chosen  rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  Brunswick.  He  was 
ordained  priest  by  Bishop  White  in  the  spring  of  1 804 .  His  w  ork  was  of 
a  most  careful  and  substantial  sort.  While  he  held  e\angelical  opinions, 
he  also  believed  in  the  principles  of  the  Church  and  sustained  them. 

In  a  letter  written  to  Mr.  Croes  in  December,  1806,  Mr.  Feltus  says: 
"At  Christmas,  we  had  an  addition  of  eight  to  our  communion,  so 
that,  upon  the  whole,  we  are  not  falling  behind. '  Others  ha\'e  labored, 
and  I  have  entered  into  their  labors.'  Depend  upon  it,  my  friend,  your 
twelve  years'  eflorts  have  not  been  in  vain.  These  are  the  timbers  upon 
which  you  have  spent  so  much  labor  and  trimming  to  give  them  form. 
These  are  the  fruits  of  the  excellent  and  moulding  discipline  of  our 
Church,  prudently  and  faithfull}'  supported  for  so  many  years.  Would 
to  God  that  all  our  disorderly  brethren  were  either  conxerted,  or  re- 
moxed  to  some  other  denominations,  for  our  Church  principally  suffers 
from  those  instruments  formed  from  her  own  bowels. 

"As  candidates  for  honest  fame,  we  should  certainly  be  desirous  of 
'a  good  report.'  But  when  a  man  treads  down  the  dignity  of  the  min- 
isterial character,  in  the  vulgar  cant  of  whining  religionists,  to  obtain 
the  slovenly  adulations  of  the  ignorant,  he  deserves  to  be  neglected  and 
despised. 

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' '  I  think  I  feel  an  honorable  pride  in  saying,  that  I  have  followed 
your  plan  of  supporting  with  respect  the  authority  of  our  rubrics, 
and  I  enjoy  the  comfortable  fruits  of  so  many  years'  labor  in  seeing 
godly  and  pious  people  attached  to  their  duty." 

Mr.  Feltus  A\as  considered  as  a  proper  successor  of  Dr.  Pilmore  of 
Christ  Church,  New  York  Cit\',  and  on  his  visit  to  the  city  made 
many  friends  in  that  parish.  In  June,  1805,  he  was  invited  by 
Thomas  Lyell,  the  new  rector  of  Christ  Church,  to  allow  his  name 
to  be  used  as  a  candidate  for  assistant  minister,  which  he  declined. 
In  June,  1807,  after  the  vacancy  made  by  the  suspension  and  subse- 
quent degradation  of  John  Ireland  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn, 
Mr.  Feltus  was  called  as  rector.  He  entered  upon  his  duties  with 
vigour,  and  for  seven  years  \\orked  with  such  sticcess  that  the  parish 
became  one  of  the  strongest  in  the  diocese.  Mr.  Feltus  was  an  intimate 
friend  of  Dr.  Richard  Channing  Moore  of'St.  Stephen's  Church,  New 
York  City.  Unhappily,  in  espousing  the  cause  of  Dr.  Moore,  who  had 
been  treated  as  he  thought  discourteously  by  Bishop  Moore,  he  involved 
himself  in  the  controversy  commenced  by  Cave  Jones  concerning  Dr. 
Hobart.  In  an  appendix  to  Mr.  Jones's  "  Solemn  Appeal,"  Mr.  Feltus 
published  particulars  of  his  ministry  at  Swedesboro,  and  the  cause 
of  Dr.  Hobart's  opposition  and  dislike  to  him,  whom  he  accused  of 
saying  that  the  testimonials  from  Swedesboro  presented  to  the  vestry 
of  St.  Ann's  Church  were  forged,  and  gave  details  showing  the  effort 
Dr.  Hobart  had  made  to  secure  St.  Ann's  Church  for  James  Chap- 
man or  Simon  Wilmer.  In  the  letter  which  follows,  he  gives  an  account 
of  the  interview  he  had  requested. 

"There  is  but  one  point  more  that  at  present  I  shall  notice,  namely  : 

"Dr.  Hobart's  refusing  to  be  reconciled. — But  this  is  what  might 
naturally  be  expected — 

'■Forgiveness  to  the  injured  doth  belong; 
They  never  can  forgive  that  do  the  wrong.' 

"  ButI  was  not  disposed  to  withhold  the  trial.  — I  had  frequendycon- 
versed  Avith  a  number  of  pious  and  respectable  gentlemen  of  Trinity 
Church,  on  the  subject;  who  expressed  their  earnest  desire,  that  all 
matters  of  difference  between  myself  and  Dr.  Hobart  might  be  set 
at  rest.  Some  of  those  gendemen  mentioned,  that  they  had  spoken  to 
Dr.  Hobart  on  the  subject ;  — others,  that  they  had  no  doubt  that  anin- 
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HENRY  JAMES  FELTUS 

terview  would  be  productive  of  a  perfect  reconciliation.  — My  mind 
resisted  the  idea  at  first;  as  I  was  not  conscious  of  having  wilfully 
oflended  Dr.  Hobart  in  any  respect,  I  felt  rather  disposed  (after  being 
now  two  3ears  in  the  Diocese)  to  submit  the  whole  conduct  of  this 
gentleman,  to  the  Bishop  and  my  Brethren  in  Con\ocation,  at  the 
coming  Convention.  In  order,  however,  to  prevent  confusion  in  the 
Church,  I  was  willing  in  the  first  place  to  try  the  advice  of  our  mutual 
friends,  in  the  force  of  a  personal  interview. 

"I  therefore  wrote  to  Dr.  Hobart,  informing  him,  that  I  wished  to 
have  some  conversation  with  him  ;  that  I  should  be  happv  to  see  him 
at  the  parsonage  in  Brooklyn ;  but  he  was  at  liberty  to  suit  his  own 
convenience  as  to  time  and  place.  He  informed  me  in  return,  that  he 
would  see  me  at  his  own  house  in  Greenwich  Street,  and  appointed 
the  hour.  I  attended  accordingly  at  the  time,  with  a  full  determina- 
tion that  nothing  should  be  wanting  on  my  part,  to  a  cordial  and 
Christian  reconciliation.  But  I  was  much  mistaken  to  suppose  this 
possible. 

"After  some  circuitous  conversation,  I  introduced  the  subject,  the 
particular  business  of  the  interview.  Dr.  Hobart  immediately  became 
warm ,  and  said  several  severe  things  in  a  general  way  among  others 
he  spoke  in  a  supercilious  manner  of  gentlemen  entering  or  wishing 
to  enter  the  Church,  without  proper  qualifications  —  What  he  had 
in  view  I  could  not  conceive,  but  supposing  he  intended  the  appli- 
cation for  me,  I  informed  him  that  the  period  in  which  I  entered, 
was  an  honoiu-able  period  ;  when  no  dispensing  power  whatever  was 
permitted  to  exist,  with  the  Standing  Committees,  nor  even  with  the 
Bishops  themsehes;  that  I  had  sustained  a  literary  examination,  and 
that  I  had  no  doubt  the  learned  gentlemen  in  Philadelphia  who  were 
my  examiners,  had  performed  their  duty  faithfully.  To  this  he  re- 
plied, I  have  understood  so,  but  how  far?  to  whicli  I  answered:  as 
far  as  they  thought  proper, — till  they  were  satisfied:  — they  were  not 
limited,  and  I  presumed  they  were,  the  most  competent  judges  —  I 
now  conceived  that  the  gentleman  intended  insult,  and  informed  him 
that  my  object  was  peace;  that  this  interview  was  at  the  desire  of 
many  of  our  mutual  friends  of  his  own  congregation;  and  more,  that 
it  was  mij  sincere  desire,  that  whatever  cause  of  difference  subsisted 
between  us  might  be  cleared  up  or  buried  in  oblivion ;  that  I  was  not 
conscious  of  having  offended  any  man  ;  that  if  he  had  an\thing  against 
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me  he  ought  to  point  it  out  and  prove  it,  and  be  at  rest,  that  ^\e might 
live  in  friendship  as  Brethren  and  Christians. 

"To  all  this  his  general  answer  was  '  that  he  knew  all  those  gentle- 
men to  whom  I  had  reference;  that  they  had  spoken  to  him  on  the 
subject ;  that  they  were  not  to  dictate  to  him;  and  that  he  conceived 
himself  at  liberty  to  practice  what  deportment  he  thought  proper  to 
any  of  the  Clergy.' 

"This  was  the  result  of  the  interview,  the  only  fruit  of  my  pro- 
posals for  peace.  And  from  this  time  as  before,  not  only  has  his  de- 
portment towards  me  been,  as  opportunity  offered,  equally  intolerant 
and  persecuting;  but  he  has  insulted  and  persecuted  others  because 
they  would  not,  they  could  not,  join  with  him  in  his  unrighteous 
conduct.  Mr.  Jones  has  been  cruelly  abused  on  my  account  both  by 
Dr.  Hobart  and  Mr.  How,  particularly  for  changing  pulpits  with  me. 
This  was  high  treason  against  Dr.  Hobart;  because  by  a  measure  of 
this  kind  the  general  prejudice  against  me,  created  by  the  misrepre- 
sentations of  the  Rev.  gentlemen,  were  in  danger  of  being  removed. 
— But  I  shall  desist  for  the  present." 

Happily  the  strength  of  character  and  sound  common  sense  of  Dr. 
Feltus  made  him  change  his  opinion  of  Dr.  Hobart  a  few  years  later. 
In  1814  Dr.  Feltus  was  made  rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New 
York  City,  after  Dr.  Moore  had  been  consecrated  Bishop  of  Virginia. 
His  incumbency  Mas  a  term  of  s\'stematic  developments.  There  were 
in  his  fourteen  years  one  tliousand  four  hundred  and  thirty-tu  o  bap- 
tisms, and  five  hundred  and  one  marriages. 

When  the  New  York  Diocesan  Seminary  A\as  established  in  1821 
Dr.  Feltus  was  made  librarian.  He  now  had  the  full  confidence  and 
esteem  of  the  Bishop,  ^hich  he  reciprocated  in  e\ery  way. 

Dr.  Feltus  died  August  24,  1828,  after  a  short  illness,  in  the  fifty- 
third  3'ear  of  his  age.  In  the  absence  of  the  Bishop  on  a  visitation. 
Dr.  Benjamin  Tred^vell  Onderdonk  took  charge  of  the  funeral  service 
and  delivered  an  address. 

In  his  "History  of  St.  Stephen's  Parish,"  J.  Newton  Perkins  quotes 
on  page  60  this  estimate  of  Dr.  Feltus  from  a  sermon  preached  by 
Dr.  Joseph  H.  Price,  rector  of  St.  Stephen's  in  1866: 

Dr.  Feltus  Mas  held  in  deser\edly  high  estimation  b)^  all  M'ho  knew 
him.  He  had  all  the  better  qualities  of  an  Irish  gentleman.  He  had  the 
national  vivacity,  m  it,  quickness  of  apprehension,  readiness  in  retort, 
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HENRY  JAMES  FELTUS 

enjoyment  of  a  good  joke;  and,  at  the  same  time,  a  most  devoted 
attachment  to  his  clerical  duties,  and  a  most  popular  method  of  dis- 
charging them. 

' '  He  M  as  fond  of  his  books,  but  no  less  fond  of  social  life  ;  so  that  he 
was  equally  interesting  in  the  pulpit  and  out  of  it.  I  am  more  and  more 
persuaded  every  day  that  he  was  not  taken  froin  this  parish  before  he 
made  a  mark  upon  it,  never  to  be  efl'aced.  If  it  were  law  ful  to  envi/, 
then  such  a  life,  and  such  a  death,  might  well  be  the  subject  of  envy. 
On  the  whole,  he  was  a  man  distinguished  for  the  blessings  he  had 
instrumen tally  conferred  on  others,  and  for  the  blessings  divine  Pro\  i- 
dence  had  conferred  on  him." 

The  following  is  taken  from  an  obituary  in  "  The  Christian  Journal " 
for  September,  1828: 

"Dr.  Feltus  was  uniformly  assiduous,  affectionate,  and  laborious,  in 
the  exercise  of  his  parochial  functions ;  and  was  consequently  much  be- 
loved and  respected  by  the  people  of  his  charge.  The  genuineness  and 
sincerity  of  his  piety  appeared  in  that  tr3ing  hour  of  the  near  approach 
of  death,  when  every  insufficient  dependence  must  fail,  and  nature,  un- 
sanctified  and  unaided  by  grace,  must  leave  the  sufferer  w  ithout  com- 
fort, without  support,  and  without  hope.  His  illness  was  of  three  or  four 
weeks'  continuance,  and  afforded  a  blessed  opportunity  of  witnessing 
the  humility,  the  composure,  and  the  triumph,  w  ith  which  a  Chris- 
tian can  die.  He  spoke  much  of  the  love  of  the  divine  Saviour,  and  the 
richness  and  sufficiency  of  di\ine  grace.  He  warmly  commended  as 
he  strikingl)'  exhibited,  the  cardinal  evangelical  virtue  of  humility.  He 
thought  and  talked  much  of  the  church.  He  loved  to  haAchis  breth- 
ren pray  w  ith  him,  w  hen  thej^  wereathis  bed-side,  and  entered  heartily 
into  the  devotions.  While  conversing  with  a  clerical  brother  who  sat 
beside  him,  when  it  was  thought  that  he  had  but  a  few  hours  to  liAe, 
on  the  subjectof  ministerial  duty,  he  emphatically  and  solemnly  avowed 
it  to  be  his  deliberate  conviction,  that  a  regard  for  ultimate  and  per- 
manent usefulness,  as  well  as  the  solemn  obligations  of  duty,  urged  to 
a  constant  and  conscientious  adherence  to  the  distincti\e  principles, 
and  established  order,  of  our  ow  n  church.  He  lamented  frequently  and 
deeply  that  the  absence  of  our  diocesan,  now  on  a  distant  episcopal  vis- 
itation, deprived  him  of  the  blessing,  on  which  he  would  set  so  high 
a  value,  of  having  him  beside  his  sick  and  dying  bed.  Speaking,  as  he 
often  did,  of  his  affectionate  and  respectful  attachment  to  the  bishop, 
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he  said  with  emphasis,  on  two  occasions,  and  to  two  of  his  brethren, 
If  I  have  ever  caused  him  an  unhappy  moment^  in  the  midst  of  his  cares, 
anxieties,  and  labours,  of  his  ojpce,  I  hope  he  will  forgive  me;  and  I  pray 
God  to  forgive  me;  and  if  it  please  God  to  spare  my  life,  I  trust  that  I  shall 
never  again  occasion  any  uneasiness  to  him,  or  to  any  of  my  brethreyiy 
A  portrait  of  Dr.  Fehus  hangs  in  the  choir  room  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church. 


[  From  Henry  James  Feltus  ] 

HJ.  Feltus'  compliments  to  Rev?  D':  Hobart  and  w?  be 
.  glad  to  have  some  conversation  with  him  before  con- 
vention. For  this  purpose  D^  H.  will  please  to  say  what  hour 
w^  be  most  convenient  when  I  shall  attend  your  house  or  shall 
have  pleasure  to  see  you  at  the  parsonage  here 

with  respe6l  &c 

Feltus. 

Brooklyn  29'''  1809.* 

Please  to  drop  a  line  by  Mr.  Pierson  at  the  loan  office  Robin- 
son St.  he  bears  this. 

Superscription  : 

Rev".  Doctor  Hobart  Greenwich  S'.  NYk. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Silas  Pierson. 

The  only  Pierson  in  the  New  York  Directory  for  1809  living  on  Rob- 
inson Street  was  Silas  Pierson,  a  gunsmith,  at  Number  8. 

Robinson  Street. 

For  notice  see  page  256. 

*  The  date  was  probably  September  29,  as  the  Diocesan  Convention  always  met  in  the  beginning 
of  oaober.  Ed. 


:  296  J 


PHELPS  TO  MOORE 

[  Davenport  Phelps  to  Benjamin  Moore  ] 

N.  York  Oft.  5'h.  1809. 
Rt.  Rev:  Sir 

IT  has  been  my  intention  to  represent  for  the  information 
of  the  committee  for  propagating  the  Gospel  several  par- 
ticulars respefting  the  Chhs  in  those  counties  where  my  ser- 
vices have  been  more  especially  confined ;  but  my  health  since 
my  arrival  has  hardly  allowed  me  to  write. 

The  Church  in  Geneva  is  in  a  state  of  forwardness,  &  will 
doubtless  be  finished  before  Christmas.  The  vestry  of  this 
Chh  have  lately  requested  me  to  devote  half  my  time  to 
them,  respefting  which  I  solicit  advice  &  direftion,  but  would 
observe,  that  unless  more  missionaries  be  employed,  I  must 
greatly  exert  myself  the  remaining  half  in  attends,  the  neigh- 
boring churches.  St  Peter's,  Aurelius,  23  miles  distant,  St 
John's,  Clifton  Springs  13  miles,  S'  Peter's,  Pulteneyville  35 
miles,  &  S'.  Pauls  in  Honyoy  hill  30,  besides  occasional  ex- 
cursions to  settlements  where  there  are  no  incorporations  yet 
formed,  all  which  must  continue  to  render  my  labours  as 
fatiguing  &  expensive  as  heretofore.  But  Rt  Rev  Sir  unre- 
mitting exertions  in  the  prosecution  of  missionary  duties  are 
indispensably  necessary ;  for  without  them ,  the  consequences 
must  be  deplorable  indeed — nothing  less  than  the  decline  of 
a  number  of  infant,  but  promising  churches,  churches  which 
will  take  deep  root  if  they  be  but  duly  nurtured.  It  has  been 
my  endeavour  to  dispose  of  the  Common  Prayer  books  & 
small  tradis  heretofore,  committed  to  my  care  in  the  best 
manner,  &  I  trust  that  much  benefit  has  been  derived  from 
them.  There  are  more  however  now  greatly  wanted  &  also 
a  4'°  Bib/e  &  p''  book  for  the  reading  desk  in  Pulteneyville. 
And  as  it  is  probable  that  one  if  not  two  new  churches,  must 

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before  long  be  organized,  the  number  should  be  at  least  as 
great  as  heretofore.  Unable  to  be  so  particular  as  I  wish  to  be, 
I  cannot  enlarge,  but  am 

Rt  Rev  Sir 
your  much  obliged  &  m*  dutiful  Serv'. 

D  Phelps 

Bible  &  Prayer  book  for  S'  Peters  Pulteneyville 

4  or  5  doz.  Com  P.  Books  with  addit!  hymns 

D°  D°  Catechisms 

Bowden's  Letters 

Hows  D° 

Hobarts  Apology 

D?  Com  pan"  for  Altar 

& 
As  many  cheap  bibles  as  may 
be  consistant 

Rt  Rev.  Bp.  Moore 

Superscription : 

Rt.  Rev".  Bishop  Moore.  N  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New 

Tork. 

For  mention  see  Volume  II,  page  242. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  398.  The  Editor  desires  to  call  at- 
tention to  a  mistake  on  page  400,  at  the  end  of  the  note  on  Trinity 
Church,  Geneva,  where  it  should  read,  "Are  interred  the  remains  of 
the  second  Bishop  of  Western  New  York,  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe." 
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PHELPS  TO  MOORE 

Aurelius. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  364. 

St.  John's  Church,  Clifton  Springs. 

The  town  of  Manchester  is  on  the  northern  border  of  Ontario  County, 
New  York,  east  of  its  centre.  Its  surface  is  nearly  le\  el  excepting  in 
the  north,  where  there  are  some  irregular  sand  and  gravel  ridges.  The 
earliest  settlements  were  made  in  1793,  by  Joel  Jared,  Stephen  Phelps, 
and  Joel  Gillet.  Among  other  early  settlers  were  Nathan  Pierce,  John 
McLouth  in  1795,  and  soon  after  John  Van  Fleet,  Jedediah  Dew  ey, 
Benjamin  Barney,  William  Mitchell,  and  Peleg  Redfield. The  discov- 
ery of  mineral  springs  of  remarkable  curative  properties  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  to^\•n  attracted  settlers,  and  as  early  as  in  1800  John  Shekell 
of  MarAland  had  built  a  log  cabin  near  it  and  acquired  a  large  tract  of 
land,  including  the  Springs.  He  was  soon  followed  by  William  Hanna 
and  Nathan  Warfield  from  Maryland,  and  others.  In  1805  William 
Powell  of  Geneva  built  a  hotel  for  the  accommodation  of  persons  re- 
sorting to  the  Springs.  Mr.  Phelps  soon  after  included  Clifton  in  his 
missionary  circuit,  and  found  in  Mr.  Shekell,  William  Warner,  and 
other  residents  a  strong  inclination  to  the  Church.  A  parochial  organ- 
ization was  formed  in  1806  under  the  name  of  St.  John's  Church,  Clif- 
ton Springs.  John  Shekell  and  Samuel  Shekell  were  elected  wardens, 
with  Darwin  Seager,  William  Warner,  George  Wilson,  Archibald 
H.  Beale,  David  Williams,  Thomas  Edmonston,  Alexander  Howard, 
and  William  Powell,  vestrymen.  Subscriptions  were  obtained,  and 
in  1808  a  church  Avas  built.  It  was  of  wood,  in  the  prevailing  style, 
with  two  stories.  Its  dimensions  Avere  thirty  feet  by  forty  feet.  Only 
a  few  services  were  held  in  it  in  an  incomplete  state  by  Mr.  Phelps. 
After  his  death  in  1813  the  activity  of  the  congregation  ceased,  and 
only  occasional  services  \\  ere  held  for  many  years.  The  church  build- 
ing was  sold  to  the  Methodists,  who  used  it  unul  1846,  w  hen  it 
burned  down.  In  1866  William  Bostwick  Edson,  rector  of  St.  John's, 
Phelps,  an  outgrowth  of  St.  Paul's,  Allen  Hill,  organized  in  1836, 
commenced  regular  services.  A  new  organization  was  effected  \\  ith 
Dr.  Edson  as  rector,  and  a  Gothic  church  building  of  wood,  seating 
one  hundred  and  fifty,  was  erected,  which  was  consecrated  by  Bishop 
Coxe  on  Ascension  Day,  May  18,  1871.  In  1886  Dr.  Edson  resigned 
to  give  his  whole  time  to  the  work  at  Phelps.  He  died  about  1896.  His 
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whole  ministry,  from  his  ordination  as  deacon  by  Bishop  Wainwright, 
July  2, 1854,  had  been  spent  in  western  New  York,  principally  in  ear- 
nest and  successful  missionary  work.  His  successors  at  St.  John's  have 
been  Lewis  Peter  Clover,  John  McKinney,  John  Baptiste  Blanchet, 
Frank  Miller  Baum,  Lome  Barnard  Johnston,  and  Maskell  G.  Free- 
man, who  was  in  office  in  July,  1912.  As  recorded  in  the  American 
Church  Almanac  for  1912,  there  are  ninety-eight  communicants. 

It  is  of  interest  to  note  that  Dr.  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe,  the  sec- 
ond Bishop  of  Western  New  York,  died  at  the  sanitarium  at  Clifton 
Springs,  Monday,  July  20,  1896. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Pidtneyville. 

The  town  of  Williamson,  named  after  Charles  Williamson,  the  first 
agent  of  the  Pultnej^  estate,  was  formed  from  Sodus,  February  20, 
1802.  It  is  on  the  northern  border  of  Wayne  County,  New  York.  Its 
surface  is  generally  level,  sloping  gently  to  Lake  Ontario.  About  1806 
a  settlement  was  commenced  in  the  northern  part  of  the  town,  on  the 
lake  front,  which  was  called  Pultneyville  in  honour  of  Sir  William 
Pultney,  within  whose  purchase  it  m  as  located.  Among  the  settlers 
were  Samuel  Ledyard,  Russell  Whipple,  Andrew  Cornwall,  and  An- 
sel Cornwall.  It  ^vas  expected  that  the  village  would  become  an  impor- 
tant lake  port.  Services  were  held  by  Mr.  Phelps  as  early  as  1807,  but 
no  particulars  of  his  work  are  available.  St.  Peter's  Church  was  organ- 
ized in  1808,  and  admitted  into  union  with  the  Convention  of  the  dio- 
cese of  1809.  Mr.  Phelps  removed  to  the  village,  and  gave  much  time 
to  building  up  a  parish.  After  his  death  in  1813  the  parish  gradually 
declined,  and  finally  ceased  to  exist.  Missionary  work  in  the  neigh- 
bouring town  of  Sodus  grew  out  of  the  zeal  of  a  true  Christian  lay- 
man, Thomas  Wickham  of  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  who  settled 
in  Sodus  earl}'  in  the  nineteenth  century  and  read  the  service  to  his 
own  famil}-  and  others.  In  1813  the  parish  was  visited  by  Davenport 
Phelps,  then  suffering  from  illness.  In  1817  it  came  under  the  care  of 
George  Henry  Norton  of  Allen  Hill.  A  parish  was  organized  in  1826, 
and  a  church  built  in  1834.  From  that  date,  under  faithful  rectors  and 
missionaries,  occasional  services  have  been  held  in  Pultneyville  to  the 
present  time. 


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St.  Paul's  Church,  Allen's  Hill. 
For  notice  see  page  4. 

Joh7i  Boivden's  Letters. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  468. 

Albany  Centiriel  Controversy . 

The  How  letters  to  which  Da\enport  Phelps  alludes  were  those  which 
appeared  in  the  Albany  Centinel  Controversy,  for  notice  of  which  see 
Volume  IV,  page  479. 

Hobart's  Apology  for  Apostolic  Order. 
For  notice  see  Volimie  V,  page  383. 

Hobart's  Companion  for  the  Altar. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  460,  and  Volume  V,  page  168. 


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[  From  James  Robertson  ] 

My  dear  John, 

I  HAVE  heard  very  little  of  you  for  a  long  time  past ;  and 
that  little,  leads  me  to  suppose  that,  excepting  on  Sundays, 
you  are  seldom  in  New  York.  However,  I  have  requested  the 
bearer,  Mr.  John  L.  Dick  to  call  upon  you  with  this  letter. 
He  is  a  young  man,  who  has  been  in  our  store,  for  the  last 
six  years ;  and  during  the  whole  of  that  time,  he  has  conducted 
himself  to  our  entire  satisfa6lion.  He  was  born  in  this  city;  and 
his  parents  were  religious,  upright,  people;  who,  while  they 
lived,  gave  him  good  instru6lions,  as  well  as  set  him  a  good 
example.  Since  their  death,  he  has  been  under  the  guardian- 
ship of  Mr  Robert  Patterson ,  of  the  University  in  whose  family 
he  lived  for  several  years.  For  the  last  1 2  or  18  Months,  your 
old  acquaintance  Miss  Mary  Redman  has  kept  house,  and  he 
has  been  one  of  her  in-mates,  the  only  one  she  has  had,  the 
most  of  the  time.  He  goes  from  New  York  to  Europe,  in  a 
vessel  of  Mr.  WyckofF,  partly  on  our  business.  In  a  word,  he 
is  a  young  man  of  good  principles  and  corre6l  conduft,  and 
I  feel  interested  in  his  welfare. 

Should  you  be  in  New  York,  while  he  is  there,  I  shall  be  glad 
you  would  take  a  little  notice  of  him.  He  has  not  seen  much 
of  the  world;  and  at  his  time  of  life,  it  is  of  utmost  importance 
to  him,  to  form  no  acquaintances  but  such  as  are  of  respe6l- 
able  chara6ler;  and  from  whose  conversation  and  example  he 
maybe  benefited. 

I  suppose  itwill  not  lessen  the  force  of  my  recommendation, if 
I  add  that,  he  has  been  brought  up  a  Seceder;  and  that  his  faith 
remains  unshaken,  even  after  twelve  month's  endeavour,  on 
the  part  of  Miss  Redman,  to  make  him  an  Episcopalian. 

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JAMES  ROBERTSON 

Am  I  never  to  hear  from  you  except  in  great  haste;  I  hope 
you  intend,  some  time  or  other,  to  do  better. 
Mrs.  H.  and  the  children  I  hope  are  well. 

Yours  affe6lionately, 

James  Robertson. 

Phila'!^'  II.  Oaober  i8og. 

Superscription  : 

Rev'.'  Dr.  Hobart,  New  York. 
Mr.  Dick, 


ANNOTATIONS 

John  L.  Dick. 

After  much  research  no  particulars  concerning  this  gentleman  have 

been  obtained. 

Robert  Patterson. 

Robert  Patterson  was  born  in  County  Down,  Ireland,  May  30,1743. 
In  1768  he  came  to  America  and  became  a  teacher  in  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  successful,  and  in  1774  was  elected  the  principal  of  the  Wil- 
mington Academy,  Wilmington,  Delaware.  In  1776  he  joined  the 
Continental  Army,  in  which  he  served  as  military  instructor,  adjutant, 
assistant  surgeon,  and  brigade  major.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was 
appointed  professor  of  mathematics  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
in  1782.  For  some  years  he  Mas  a  member  of  the  select  council  of 
Philadelphia,  and  in  1799  its  president.  In  1805  President  Jefferson 
made  him  director  of  the  United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia.  He  held 
this  position  undl  his  death.  From  1810  to  1813  he  was  vice-pro- 
vost of  the  University  of  Pennsj-lvania.  In  1813  he  resigned  his  pro- 
fessorship. In  1819  he  was  elected  president  of  the  American  Philo- 
sophical Society,  of  which  he  had  been  a  member  since  1783.  He  died 
at  Philadelphia,  July  22,  1824,  in  the  eighty-second  year  of  his  age. 
Professor  Patterson  married  Anne  Hunter  Ewing,  a  daughter  of  Pro- 
vost E\\ing.  His  son,  Robert  Maskell  Patterson,  was  a  noted  educator, 
succeeding  his  father  as  professor  of  mathematics  in  the  university  and 

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attaining  other  honours.  His  grandson,  Robert  Patterson,  became  a 
wealthy  banker  in  Philadelphia.  Dr.  Patterson  published: 
The  Newtonian  System.  Philadelphia,  1808 
A  Treatise  on  Arithmetic.  Pittsburgh,  1819 

Many  Articles  in  the  Transactions  of  the  American  Philosophical 
Society 

He  edited : 
James  Ferguson's  Lectures  on  Mechanics.  1806 
John  Webster's  Natural  Philosophy.  1809 

Dr.  John  Ewing's  Lectures  on  Natural  Philosophy,  with  a  memoir. 
1809 

Mary  Redman. 

In  the  Philadelphia  Directory  from  1 805  to  1 8 1 0  is  this  entry :  ' '  Red- 
man, M.  Shopkeeper,  15,  North  Third."  This  is  possibly  the  lady 
to  whom  Mr.  Robertson  alludes. 

Henry  J.  Wyckoff. 

The  firm  of  Smith  &  Wyckoff  was  established  before  1790.  Its  office 
was  at  No.  84  Broad  Street.  Mr.  Wyckoff  took  part  in  many  public 
festivities,  notably  the  Erie  Canal  celebration  in  1825,  when  with 
Philip  Hone  he  was  a  member  of  the  committee  to  welcome  at  Albany 
the  guests  of  the  city  of  New  York  from  the  western  part  of  the  state. 
For  some  years  Mr.  Wyckoff  was  president  of  the  Eagle  Insurance 
Company. 

The  Scottish  Seceders. 

In  1712  the  British  Parliament  passed  a  law,  restoring  the  right  of 
patronage  in  Scotland.  This  \\'as  resisted  b}'  many  congregations,  and 
many  parochial  settlements  were  made,  in  spite  of  the  protest,  at  the 
point  of  the  bayonets  of  royal  troops.  In  1730  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Established  Church  enacted  that  no  reasons  of  dissent ' '  against  the 
determination  of  Church  judicatures"  should  hereafter  be  entered  on 
the  records.  This  made  several  of  the  ministers  and  congregations  furi- 
ous. In  a  sermon  before  the  Synod  of  Stirling  and  Perth  in  October, 
1732,  Ebenezer  Erskine  of  Stirling  arraigned  the  legislation  and  arro- 
gant spirit  of  the  authorities  in  taking  away  freedom  of  choice  froni 

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JAMES  ROBERTSON 

the  people.  A  committee  of  the  Synod  considered  the  matter  and 
reported  the  foilou  ing  year  that  Mr.  Erskine  was  deserving  of  cen- 
sure. With  twelve  other  ministers  and  two  elders  he  appealed  to  the 
General  Assembly.  This  upheld  the  decision  of  the  Synod.  Upon  this 
Mr.  Erskine  withdrew,  after  presenting  a  written  protest,  which  was 
also  signed  by  William  Wilson  of  Perth,  Alexander  MoncriefF,  min- 
ister of  Abernethy,  and  James  Fisher,  minister  of  Kinclaven.  Thev 
were  ordered  by  the  Assembly  to  appear  before  the  commission  in  Au- 
gust and  retract  their  protest.  This  they  refused  to  do.  Consequently 
in  November,  1733,  they  were  declared  to  be  no  longer  ministers  of 
the  Church.  They  presented  a  final  protest  and  remonstrance,  in 
which  they  declared  that  they  must  secede,  and  made  an  appeal  to 
"the  first  free,  faithful  and  reforming  General  Assembly  of  the  Church 
of  Scotland."  From  four  ministers  the  seceders  grew  to  be  a  com- 
paratively large  body.  They  stood  for  more  than  a  mere  matter  of 
ecclesiastical  law.  They  professed  to  hold  the  true  Evangelical  prin- 
ciples of  the  Gospel  in  their  integrity  and  purit}^  In  1739  the  eight 
brethren  Were  summoned  before  the  General  Assembly  to  answer  the 
charge  of  contumacy,  and  in  1 740  they  were  solemnly  deposed.  While 
there  was  growth,  there  \\as  also  dissension  upon  questions  of  polity, 
and  in  1747  the  new  organization  divided  upon  the  question  of  the 
propriety  of  a  conscientious  seceder  taking  the  Burgess's  oath,  the 
General  Associate  Synod  condemning  and  the  Associate  Synod  up- 
holding the  religious  clause  in  the  Burgess's  oath.  In  1799  another 
division  took  place  over  the  question  of  the  power  of  the  civil  magis- 
trate. In  1820  the  "New  Light"  sections  of  the  Burgher  and  Anti- 
Burgher  facdon  solemnly  reunited.  The  "Old  Light"  sections,  of 
whom  Dr.  McCrie  was  then  the  most  prominent  man,  united  for  the 
most  part  with  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  in  1842  as  the  Original 
Seceders.  A  small  portion  still  maintains  an  organization  and  the 
ancient  principles.  In  1847  the  "New  Light"  Secession  Church 
united  w  ith  the  Relief  Church — a  small  body  which  had  separated 
from  the  Established  Church  in  1752  solely  on  the  question  of  the 
right  of  the  people  to  choose  their  own  ministers — under  the  name 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 


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HOBART  CORliESPONDENCE 

[  From  Joseph  Prentice  ] 

Athens  Oft  20'!;  1809 

Rev  &  Dear  Sir, 

I  Received  your  communication  by  the  Rev  Mr  Butler  in 
due  season  &  with  much  satisfaction;  as  the  assistance 
which  it  promises  will  enable  me  to  continue  ( for  the  present  at 
least)  in  the  Churches  at  Athens  &  Coxsackie.The  offer  from 
Poughkeepsie  was  something  more  than  I  can  hope  to  realize 
in  my  present  situation ;  but  the  difference  is  a  sacrifice  which 
I  the  more  cheerfully  make  to  a  sense  of  duty  believing  it  to 
be  "  well  pleasing." 

You  will  recolle6f  that  "  Lawrence's  Sermons,"  are  to  be 
sent  to  Mr  Sam!  Reynolds  Athens,  p';  Experiment  — 

When  making  out  my  report  to  the  society  for  propagating 
the  Gospel,  I  did  not  ref\e6t  that  it  would  be  published;  which 
from  examining  the  last  year's  Journals,  I  have  reason  to 
expedl.  I  must  therefore  request  that  you  will  have  the  good- 
ness to  corre6l  &  prepare  them.  It  would  be  peculiarly  grate- 
ful to  my  circumstances,  if  the  $ioo  Dollars  from  the  Mis- 
sionary fund,  or  the  ^50.  pounds  from  Trinity  C?  could  be 
advanced  before  the  closing  of  the  river. 

I  am  sorry  to  trouble  you  on  the  account  but  should  you  find 
it  convenient  to  ascertain  whether  this  wish  may  be  complied 
with,  you  need  only  reply  verbally  to  Mr.  Ritter  the  bearer 
of  this  who  will  wait  on  you  for  that  purpose  before  he  leaves 
N.  York.  With  best  wishes  for  your  health  &  happiness,  I  am 
Dear  Sir, 

your  friend  &  Brother  in  C 

Joseph  Prentice. 

No  superscription. 


JOSEPH  PRENTICE 

ANNOTATIONS 

David  Butler. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  405. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  136. 

Christ  Church,  Coxsackie. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  151. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 
For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  379. 

Richard  Laurence. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  524. 

Samuel  Reynolds. 

Mr.  Reynolds  appears  to  have  been  a  merchant  at  Athens,  Avho  owned 
several  sloops  plying  between  that  village  and  New  York  City,  among 
them  the  one  mentioned  in  the  letter. 

Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  Nezv 

Tork. 

For  mention  see  Volume  II,  page  242. 

Henry  Ritter. 

Mr.  Ritter  \Aas  one  of  the  incorporators  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 

and  a  member  of  its  vestry  for  many  years. 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Kemp  ] 

My  Dear  Sir, 

YOUR  last  letter,  while  it  excited  painful  sensations,  pro- 
duced a  variety  of  useful  reflections.  I  had  often  thought 
that  even  in  trying  and  difficult  times,  so  eligible  was  the  situ- 
ation of  Dr.  Hobart,that  he  was  peculiarly  blessed.  High  in  the 
estimation  of  the  Church,  extensively  useful  in  a  literary  view, 
as  a  Preacher  so  distinguished  as  to  command  the  choice  of 
any  situation,  fixed  in  one  of  the  best  in  the  United  States.  If  in 
these  things,  there  are  not  the  materials  of  happiness  where 
are  they  to  be  found.?  Comparisons  are  often  profitable,  &  I 
would  ask  you  to  compare  this  situation  with  mine.  Drudgery 
or  seven  hours  every  day  in  a  school,  preaching  twice  every 
Sabbath,  performing  numerous  other  clerical  duties,  in  so  little 
estimation  as  a  preacher,  that  I  can  hardly  keep  awake  a  par- 
tial friend — look  at  the  two  piftures  and  rejoice. 

However  I  so  well  know  your  zeal  in  our  glorious  cause,  that 
I  fear  some  trying  circumstances  have  occurred  to  distress  and 
perplex  you.  Often  have  I  thought,  that  if  I  could  divest  my- 
self of  the  idea  that  the  life  of  a  christian  was  to  be  an  a6tive 
and  industrious  life,  I  could  sit  down  in  ease  and  peace  upon 
my  farm,  removed  from  the  cares  &  concerns  of  a  public  sta- 
tion. But  of  this  a  Minister  of  Christ  must  hardly  allow  himself 
to  think.  Our  Talent  must  be  employed,  otherwise  we  shall 
have  a  distressing  sentence  passed  upon  us! 

Extremely  unwilling  to  encroach  upon  your  ardent  labors  as 
to  divert  you  from  your  important  pursuits,  yet  I  feel  so  much 
interest  in  3'our  happiness,  and  in  the  various  incidents  &  occur- 
rences respec^ting  the  Church,  that  I  should  have  been  highly 
gratified,  if  you  could  have  spared  time  to  have  given  me  a 

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JAMES  KEMP 

history  of  the  things  that  must  be  daily  passing  with  you,  par- 
ticularly while  so  many  new  churches  are  building  and  so  many 
brethren  are  added  to  your  number.  I  have  been  thinking  with 
myself  that  your  anxiety  to  keep  things  right  has  perhaps 
involved  you  in  some  unpleasant  circumstances. 

A  most  wicked  attempt  has  been  made  upon  the  Church  in 
Maryland,  at  the  season  of  our  political  convulsions.  A  Hand- 
bill was  issued,  a  little  before  our  ele6tion,  purporting  to  be 
the  development  of  a  plan  among  the  Federalists  to  establish 
the  Church  exclusively.  This  was  said  to  be  the  object  of  a  Bill 
brought  in  last  session  of  our  Legislature,  to  encorporate  the 
Convention.  Altho' nothing  was  asked  in  this  bill,  but  a  mere 
a6l  of  incorporation,  yet  the  prejudices  &  passions  of  the  igno- 
rant &  wicked  were  greatly  excited.  The  Church  has  been 
indeed  ably  defended  by  men  too  of  the  first  rank  in  the  State. 
And  I  believe  the  Clergy  have  not  been  idle  spe6lators.  My 
feeble  powers  have  not  been  dormant. 

The  efFe6l  of  this  stratagem  upon  the  election  was  probably 
considerable,  but  it  remains  yet  to  be  seen,  what  influence  it 
will  ultimately  have  upon  the  Church.  So  flagrant  was  the 
falsehoods,  so  shameless  the  calumnies,  that  it  is  supposed  by 
some,  it  will  issue  in  the  advantage  of  the  Church. 

What  has  become  of  our  Brother  Dl"  Moore,  since  he  de- 
clined coming  to  Baltimore.?  You  have  now  a  powerful  Pha- 
lanx in  New  York.  I  think  however  D.'  Bowen  ought  to  have 
remained  in  Charleston  &  been  Bp  of  South  Carolina.  I  am 
unacquainted  with  the  cause  of  all  these  movements. 

Your  charity  to  poor  Mr  Ball  shall  be  applied  according  to 
your  wishes.  They  have  made  up  something  handsome  in 
Dl^  Bend's  Congregation  &  we  are  all  trying  to  send  him  some  - 
relief.  But  nothing  had  been  done  when  I  applied  to  you. 

This  letter  is  the  produ(5lion  of  a  late  hour  after  the  labors 

C  .309  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

of  the  day.  I  mean  this  as  a  hint  to  you.  And  beg  you  to  be 
assured  that  my  heart  feels  so  interested  in  your  happiness, 
that  I  am  made  exceedingly  uneasy  by  some  of  the  intima- 
tions in  your  last  letter.  That  God  may  bless  you  &  support 
you  in  all  your  trials  is  the  ardent  prayer  of  your  aflF^  friend 
&  Brother  Ja^Kemp 

Cambridge  Oft'.  30,  1809. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Petition  of  the  Diocese  oj  Maryland  for  hicorporation. 

In  his  "History  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Maryland," 

Dr.  Francis  Lister  Hawks  says  on  page  371: 

"By  the  special  vestry  act,  and  by  that  of  1798,  the  Church  as  we 
have  already  seen  was  secured  in  the  possession  of  her  property  in 
those  parishes  where  vestries  were  chosen ;  but  no  provision  had  yet 
been  made  for  securing  it,  in  those  parishes  where  there  were  none. 
Application  had  been  made  to  the  legislature  more  than  once,  but  the 
Church  in  this  particular  was  treated  with  less  liberality  than  other 
denominations  of  Christians.  In  1808,  a  bill  was  offered  to  incorporate 
the  Convention  with  the  usual  powers  conferred  on  corporate  bodies, 
and  to  place  under  its  care  the  property  of  the  Church  in  those  parishes 
which  might  at  any  time  be  Mithout  vestries.  This  bill  passed  in  the 
house  of  delegates,  but  was  rejected  by  the  senate.  This  Mas  felt  to  be 
harsh  treatment.  The  statute  book  contained  numerous  laws  for  the 
incorporation  of  other  religious  societies,  and  this  was  the  first  instance 
of  a  refusal  to  grant  such  incorporation,  or  indeed  of  e\'en  opposi- 
tion to  such  a  law.  Malice  itself  could  not  discover  in  the  bill  or  memo- 
rial accompanying  it,  the  slightest  provision  injurious  to  the  rights 
of  other  denominations  of  Christians :  it  did  not  seek  to  advance  the 
Church  at  their  expense.  Indeed  its  rejection  was  perfectly  inexplicable 
on  any  other  ground  than  that  of  want  of  time  on  the  part  of  the 
senate  to  examine  the  bill  and  see  that  it  was  inoffensive  and  harm- 
less in  its  operation.  The  Convention  therefore  in  the  session  of  1809, 
determined  to  renew  the  application." 
I   310   ] 


JAMES  KEMP 

Few  of  the  pamphlets  or  handbills  issued  in  this  controversy  and 
attack  have  survived,  and  none  are  now  available  for  use. 

Richard  Chan?tifig  Moore. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  June  25,  1814. 

Nathaniel  Boweti. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  542. 

David  Ball. 

This  allusion  is  to  the  Rev.  David  Ball,  rector  of  All  Hallows  Parish, 
Worcester  Count}-.  He  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  in  1791  came 
to  Marjland.  He  had  been  a  member  of  the  standing  committee  for 
many  years,  and  served  once  as  president  of  the  Convention.  He  died 
in  1813. 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  John  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Eliz  Town,  Oft.  30.  1809. 

My  Dear  Sir, 

YOU  may  well  be  supprised  to  find  a  letter  following  you 
so  quickly,  when  the  subject  of  it  might  have  been  so 
easily  mentioned  while  I  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you.  But  to 
tell  you  the  plain  truth,  I  supposed  you  would  discourage  me 
so  that  would  cause  me  to  go  about  the  business  more  reluc- 
tantly;  And  as  I  could  not  satisfy  my  people  without  I  thought 
I  ought  to  do  it  as  well  as  I  could.  I  have  forwarded  a  petition 
to  Bishop  Moore  to  be  laid  before  the  vestry.  And  though  you 
cannot  be  expe6led  to  make  any  influence  in  our  favour,  you 
can  have  no  objeftion  that  Trinity  Ch.  should  give  us  looo 
or  5000$.  And  should  any  questions  be  asked  respefting  our 
need  I  hope  you  will  feel  disposed  to  represent  us  favourably. 
For  to  be  serious  I  have  no  doubt,  if  assistance  be  not  obtained, 
but  a  good  part  of  our  parsonage  Orchard  must  be  sold 
especially  as  several  of  the  Congregation  have  long  been 
disposed  to  such  a  Measure.  We  were  in  hopes  of  being  able 
to  square  ofFall  our  Debts.  But  after  all  our  prudence,  we  are 
500$  behind  which  must  be  paid.  I  have  indeed  but  very  little 
hopes  of  succeeding  but  I  think  we  have  as  good  claims  as 
Newark.  Yrs.  Affecly. 

John  C.  Rudd. 

Superscription : 

Rev.  D^  Hobart  No  46  Greenwich  St  New  York 


ANNOTATION 

Petition  of  St.  John's  Church,  Elizabeth  Town,  1809. 

There  is  no  mention  of  the  petition  in  the  records  of  Trinity  Parish. 

[   312   J 


ASA  EATON 
[  From  Asa  Eaton  ] 

Boston  Nov.  1 8,  1809. 

Rev°  &  Dear  Sir, 

THE  bearer  of  this  is  Mr.  Charles  Burroughs.  Permit  me 
to  introduce  him  to  your  friendly  notice.  He  is  a  candi- 
date for  Holy  Orders,  &  has  recently  received  an  invitation 
to  settle  in  St.  Johns  Chh.  in  Portsmouth  N.  Hampshire.  Any 
attentions  you  may  find  it  convenient  to  pay  this  gentleman, 
will  add  to  the  obligations  of, 

Dear  Sir, 

your  sincere  friend 

&  brother 

Asa  Eaton. 

Superscription  : 

Rev?.  J.  H.  Hobart  D.D.  New  York. 


ANNOTATION 

Charles  Burroughs. 

Charles,  a  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Fullerton)  Burroughs,  was  born 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  December  27,  1787.  He  was  trained  for 
college  under  that  eminent  teacher.  Dr.  Pemberton,  with  frequent  ad- 
vice as  to  his  studies  from  Dr.  Gardiner,  his  pastor.  He  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  with  honour  in  1806.  His  theological  course 
was  under  the  care  of  Dr.  Gardiner.  He  served  as  lay  reader  at  St. 
John's  Church,  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  from  the  early  part 
of  1809,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  was  elected  as  rector.  He  was  made 
deacon  in  Philadelphia  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  White,  December  10, 
1809.  He  was  ordained  priest  in  St.  John's  Church,  Portsmouth, 
May  20,  1812,  by  Bishop  Griswold.  In  the  conduct  of  the  parish, 
which  was  then  seventy-five  years  old,  he  was  both  prudent  and 
wise.  He  was  especially  thoughtful  for  all  poor  and  distressed  folk. 
In  every  priesdy  duty  he  was  devout  and  sincere.  In  his  attitude  to 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

the  town  in  which  he  lived  he  was  the  progressive  citizen,  anxious 
for  its  betterment  and  welfare,  and  did  his  full  share.  He  took  a  lead- 
ing part  in  the  affairs  of  the  diocese,  and  was  the  representative  to 
the  General  Convention  and  usually  president  of  the  standing  com- 
mittee. He  resigned  his  cure  in  1857,  and  occupied  himself  with  many 
religious  matters  of  general  concern.  He  is  said  to  have  been  one  of 
the  most  generous  donors  to  the  establishment  of  the  General  Theo- 
logical Library  of  Boston,  which  still  freely  benefits  all  the  clergy  in 
New  England.  He  died  in  Boston,  March  5,  1868,  in  the  eighty-first 
year  of  his  age  and  the  fifty-ninth  of  his  ministry.  As  an  author  he 
published  several  sermons,  preached  on  special  occasions,  among 
them  :  On  the  death  of  Rev.  Dr.  Morse  of  Newburyport,  Massachu- 
setts, 1842;  at  the  consecration  of  St.  John's  Church,  Portsmouth, 
1848  ;  a  sketch  of  the  life  of  Rev.  Arthur  Browne.  He  also  published 
"The  Poetry  of  Religion  and  other  Poems,"  1851.  He  wrote  fre- 
quently for  the  press  and  periodicals. 


C   314   ] 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait?,  Nov'.  22.  1809 

Rev.  Sir, 

THIS  will  be  handed  to  you  by  Mf  Thomas,oneof  thefinn 
of  Coale  and  Thomas  of  this  city,  who  not  only  keep 
an  extensive  book-store,  but  are,  in  their  private  charadler, 
among  the  most  respe6lable  of  our  citizens.  His  obje6t  is,  while 
in  New  York,  to  make  such  arrangements,  as  will  enable  his 
firm  to  keep  a  constant  supply  of  those  publications,  useful  & 
interesting  to  the  members  of  our  Church,  &  in  which  your 
city  particularly  abounds.  Deeming  an  introdu6lion  to  you 
likely  to  promote  this  obje6t,  he  has  requested  one  from  me; 
&  I  give  it  with  pleasure,  not  doubting  that  he  &  his  partner 
will  be  found  faithful  performers  of  their  engagements. 

I  have  received  the  last  number  of  the  Magazine.  I  shall 
soon  write  to  Mess?  Swords,  on  whom  you  have  devolved 
your  correspondence  with  me,  furnish  them  with  an  account, 
and  request  them  to  prescribe  some  mode  of  transmitting 
them  the  money  in  my  hands. 

I  am,  Rev  Sir, 
Your  obedient  &  very  humble  servant, 

Joseph  G  J  Bend. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev?  John  H  Hobart,  DD,  Greenwich  Street,  New  York. 
M'.  Thomas. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Coale  &  Thomas. 

For  notice  see  page  171. 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

The  Churchmati's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Thomas  and  James  Swords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 


C  316  ;] 


PARKER  ADAMS 

[From  Parker  Adams] 

Waterford,  2  7l!lNov.  1809. 

Rev°  &  Dear  Sir. 

I  NOW  consider  myself  as  fixed  down  for  at  least  one  year, 
am  to  preach  one  third  of  the  time  in  each  of  the  three 
places  Milton  Stillwater  and  this.  They  make  out  one  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  at  each  place  and  the  remaining  one  hundred 
and  fifty  they  expe6l,  agreeably  to  what  the  Bp.  told  them, 
Trinity  church  will  add. 

Ammi  Rogers  is  in  this  county  colle6ting  a  strong  party 
which  thinks  him  persecuted  by  all  the  Bishops  and  clergy  of 
our  country.  Even  in  Milton  there  are  some  (I  am  not  per- 
sonally acquainted  with  but  one  such )  who  will  hear  no  other 
preacher  of  our  church.  He  will  never  be  admitted  however 
as  a  minister  into  the  church  in  that  place.  The  wardens  and 
vestry  are  violently  opposed  to  him.  Mr.  Perry  was  much 
pleased  with  receiving  so  explicit  a  letter  from  the  Bishop  on 
the  sub)e6l  of  Rogers.  The  church  at  Milton  was  not  a  little 
pleased  with  theirs, especially  as  he  had  repeatedly  said  that 
Bp.  Moore  would  permit  him  to  preach  if  the  people  would 
request  it.  But  the  Bp's  letter  told  a  different  story. 

Hitherto,  as  I  have  had  no  fixed  place  of  residence,  I  have 
not  been  able  to  take  the  Churchman's  Magazine.  I  wish  now 
to  be  considered  a  subscriber  commencing  with  the  next  num- 
ber, I  mean  the  number  for  Sept.  and  Odlober. 
I  am,  Dear  Sir,  your  affec' 

friend  and  humble  servant, 

Parker  Adams. 
Rev"  John  H.  Hobart,  D.D. 

Superscription: 

Dr.  J.  H.  Hobart  Assistant  minister  of  Trinity  Church  New  York. 

C  317  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

St.  James's  Church,  Miitoti. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  458. 

St.  John's  Church,  Stillwater. 
For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  459. 

Ammi  Rogers. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  October  15,  1816. 

Joseph  Perry. 

Particulars  concerning  the  life  of  Mr.  Perry  are  given  in  the  notice 

of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Hobart,  in  Volume  II,  page  409. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 


I   318   ] 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Philad^.  Nov  29'.''  1809. 

My  dear  Sir, 

I  Herewith  transmit  you  the  pamphlets  our  Bishop  men- 
tioned to  you,  the  illiberality  &  ignorance  of  some  of  our 
dpi(TTOL  rendering  it  necessary  for  me  to  publish  a  defence. 
My  good  Diocesan  has  afted  nobly,  &  my  friend  Wt  Mere- 
dith as  much  so  in  his  line.  If  I  did  not  believe  you  have  made 
a  vow,  under  penalty  of  excommunication,  7iever  to  write  to 
me  again,  I  would  ask  y  opinion  of  the  said  defence;  and  also 
to  let  me  know  whether  my  Le6lures  on  the  Catll!.  &c,  &c 
have  ever  been  sold.  I  am  now  about  to  publish  a  sd  Edn  — 
amended  agreeably  to  your  Just  review  of  the  first.  Do  you 
think  they  will  sell.''  If  so,  I  wish  you  would  ask  some  of  y 
principal  booksellers  what  they  would  give  for  the  copyright 
of  1000.  I  have  offers  from  2  booksellers  here,  but  I  will  wait 
to  hear  from  you. 
I  shall  forward  some  of  the  Documents  in  a  few  days. 
Pardon  this  intrusion  upon  your  time  &  attention  &  be- 
lieve me 

AfFy  Yrs. 

Jas.  Abercrombie. 

Superscription  : 
The  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart,  D.D.  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Abercrombie  and  the  William  Penn  Marriage. 
The  pamphlet  referred  to  bears  the  title :  "Documents  relating  to  the 
Celebration  of  a  Late  Marriage,"  1809. 
The  gentleman  was  William  Penn,  a  great-grandson  of  Sir  William 

c  319 ;] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Penn.  He  was  erratic  and  eccentric.  Having  formed  an  attachment  for 
' '  a  woman  celebrated  for  her  beauty,  but  whose  course  of  life,  not  less 
than  her  origin  and  associations,  rendered  it  impossible  for  his  friends 
of  either  sex  to  recognize  her  as  his  wife,"  he  requested  Dr.  Aber- 
crombie  to  perform  the  marriage  service  for  him.  After  full  inquiry 
and  consultation  with  Bishop  White,  the  Doctor  found  no  legal  or 
canonical  impediment,  and  he  married  them.  The  amazement,  indig- 
nation, and  abuse  of  Dr.  Abercrombie  which  it  excited  caused  a  con- 
troversy which  raged  for  some  time.  [  The  Rev.  Dr.  Riifus  JV .  Gris- 
wolcl.  The  Republican  Coiiii,  as  quoted  on  page  564  of  volume  i  of  the 
Life  and  Correspondence  of  the  Rev.  JFillia}n  Stnith,  D.D.,  by  Horace 
Wagner  Smith.  Philadelphia,  1880.] 

William  Meredith. 

William  Meredith  was  a  lawyer  of  Philadelphia,  of  great  prominence 
professionally  and  socially.  He  was  active  in  Church  affairs,  both  in 
the  diocese  and  as  a  member  of  the  General  Convention. 

Abercrombie' s  Le^ures  on  the  Catechism. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  426. 

Hobart's  Reviezv  of  Abercrombie' s  LeSlures. 
For  notice  see  page  81. 


C    320    ] 


PAUL  TRAPIER  GERVAIS 

[From  Paul  Trapier  Gervais] 

Philadelphia.  Dec.  8,  1809. 

Dear  Sir. 

I  Expected  to  have  seen  you  again  in  three  weeks:  but 
all  my  hopes  are  like  quick  Silver  when  I  touch  them 
they  crumble  into  pieces  &  roll  from  me.  I  have  seen  Do6lor 
Physick :  he  tells  me  that  I  will  not  be  able  to  return  home 
by  the  first  of  February:  the  time  at  which  I  had  important 
business  to  transa6l  in  Carolina.  He  has  declined  enlarging 
the  incision  on  account  of  the  difficulty  of  cure,  with  which  it 
would  be  attended,  but  proposed  to  remove  the  disease  by  the 
gradual  means  of  wire,  to  any  thing,  that  he  may  suggest,  I 
mean  patiently  to  submit.  The  management  of  the  Estate  by 
my  mothers  death  has  devolved  upon  me,  my  health  prevents 
me  from  doing  what  I  ought  to  do!  What  can  I  do.''  I  know 
of  no  person  that  will  like  to  take  the  management  of  it  upon 
him  on  account  of  the  trouble  which  he  would  be  forced  to 
submit  to.  I  am  therefore  quite  perplexed,  but  I  hope  not  cast 
down!  I  trust  providence  will  diredl:  all  things  for  me  in  the 
way  most  conducive  to  my  benefit.  Yet  who  can  prevent  sen- 
sations of  sorrow  from  arising  in  his  mind  under  such  circum- 
stances: not  able  to  be  present  where  my  presence  seems  need- 
full,  sick  &  probably  for  many  months  in  a  country  where 
none  of  my  friends  are  with  me,  in  a  strangers  house  where 
I  cannot  even  hope  to  be  well  attended.  Such,  however,  is 
my  situation  &  I  must  endeavour  to  learn  in  whatsoever  State 
I  am  therewith  to  be  content. 

1  remain  with  great  regard  &  Esteem 

Your  most  humble  &  ob'''.,  Servant, 

Paul  T.  Gervais. 

c  321 :] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

P.S.  If  Mr  Bowen  has  left  New  York  I  wish  you  would  in- 
quire at  the  post  for  a  letter  dire6led  to  him  by  me  &  send 
it  on  to  Charleston. 

P.T.G. 

Superscription: 

RevP.  J.  H.  HoBART,  D.D.  New  York, 


ANNOTATIONS 

Philip  Syng  Physick. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  295. 

Nathaniel  Bowen. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  542. 


C  322  ;] 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

[  From  John  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Eliz.  Town,  Dec.  12:1 809. 

My  Dear  Sir. 

AS  the  feast  of  the  Nativity  will  fall  this  year  on  Monday, 
J~\.  I  have  been  somewhat  in  doubt,  as  to  the  proper  time 
of  reading  the  exhortation  to  the  Communion.  The  Kubrick 
indeed  says  that  it  shall  be  read  upon  "the  Sunday  or  some 
Holy  Day  immediately  preceeding,"  but  whether  the  Ch.  does 
not  wish  to  give  more  time  for  preparation,  than  in  y^  pres- 
ent case  can  be."  Perhaps  persons  may  urge  their  want  of 
proper  notice  as  their  excuse,  and  when  they  are  so  prone  to 
delay  would  it  not  be  well  to  prevent  them  as  much  as  in  our 
power.  Will  you  have  the  goodness  to  give  me  your  opinion 
as  to  the  corre6lness  of  reading  the  exhortation  on  Sunday 
next.''  Unless  I  hear  from  you,  I  shall  adhere  to  y^  letter  of 
y*;  Kubrick,  tho'  I  feel  disposed  to  give  my  people  the  oppor- 
tunity of  longer  preparation. 

I  have  for  several  days  past  been  affli6led  by  the  lameness 
of  my  decriped  arm. 

Yrs.  Afftly,  John  C.  Kudd. 

Superscription: 

Rev.  D?  Hobart  No  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


C  323  ^ 


ASAHEL  DAVIS 

ASAHEL  Davis  m  as  made  deacon  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart, 
jCA.  June  1,1817.  He  seems  never  to  have  entered  actively  upon 
the  duties  of  the  ministry,  and  under  the  provisions  of  Canon  VII 
of  1820,  providing  for  the  displacement  on  written  notice  of  intention 
no  longer  to  officiate,  he  was  deposed  previous  to  May,  1823. 


[  From  Asahel  Davis  ] 

Rahway.  New  Jersey  Dec  I  5  1 809. 

Rev.  Sir 

PLEASE  accept  of  the  thanks  of  your  serv^  for  your  good- 
ness in  bestowing  those  excelencies  the  Books  etc. 
The  D06I  made  mention  I  saw  of  his  writing  me  by  Mail  on 
the  subje6l  of  enquiry,  I  have  never  received  a  Letter  there- 
fore I  conclude  it  must  have  gone  on  to  Bridgtown  West 
Jersey  as  I  expe6l  the  superscription  is  "Bridgtown  New 
Jersey"  which  superscription  is  wrong,  as  Letters  are  gen- 
eraly  dire6led  to  Rahway.  I  wish  you  would  be  so  kind  as  to 
write  me  by  the  Bearer. 
Please  present  my  Respe6ls  to  Mrs.  Hobart. 
From  your  H^  Serv. 


Asahel  Davis. 


Rev.  Dr.  Hobart 

P.S.  I  will  endeavor  to  dispose  of  those"* 


*  The  bottom  of  the  letter  is  torn  off.  Ed. 

C  324  3 


EDMUND  JENNINGS  LEE 

EDMUND  Jennings,  a  son  of  Henry  Lee  of  Prince  W  illiam  County, 
Virginia,  was  born  May  20,  1772.  He  was  fitted  for  college 
under  excellent  teachers.  He  graduated  with  honour  from  the  College 
of  Ne^\■  Jersey  in  1792.  He  studied  law,  and  was  made  clerk  of  the 
United  States  Court  in  Alexandria,  when  it  formed  a  part  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia.  He  was  a  firm  and  consistent  Churchman.  With 
William  Meade,  William  Wilmer,  and  other  3'oung  men,  he  laboured 
to  raise  the  Church  in  Virginia  from  lier  depressed  condition,  and  was 
instrumental  in  the  election  of  Dr.  Richard  Channing  Moore  as  Bishop 
in  1814.  For  nearly  fifty  years  he  was  one  of  the  strong  and  earnest 
laymen  of  the  diocese.  He  died  May  30, 1843,  in  the  seventy-second 
year  of  his  age. 

Eklmund  Jennings  Lee  married  a  daughter  of  Richard  Henry  Lee, 
a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

In  approving  the  action  of  the  Washington  Bar  on  the  death  of 
Mr.  Lee,  Chief  Judge  Cranch  said: 

"The  Judges  of  this  Court  sympathize  sincerely  with  the  members 
of  the  Bar  in  the  loss  of  one  of  its  oldest,  most  respected  and  learned 
members.  Mr.  Lee,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  the  only  survivor  of 
those  who  were  counsellors  of  this  Court  at  the  time  of  its  organiza- 
tion in  1801,  and  the  Judges  from  their  long  associaUon  with  him  in 
the  administration  of  justice,  from  their  high  respect  for  his  character 
as  a  learned,  able  and  upright  advocate,  as  well  as  for  the  virtues 
^\•hich  adorned  his  private  life,  cannot  but  greatly  lament  his  loss,  and 
uniting  with  the  Bar  in  their  sympathy  with  his  bereaved  family  and 
friends,  most  v  illingly  accede  to  the  request  that  their  proceedings  be 
entered  upon  the  minutes  of  the  Court."  {^Alexander's  Princeton  Col- 
lege, p.  261.] 

Bishop  Meade  said  of  him : 

"  I  not  only  knew  Mr.  Lee  from  my  youth  up,  but  I  saw  him  in  his 
last  moments,  and  heard  him  a\  ith  the  truest  humility  speak  of  him- 
self as  a  poor  sinner,  whose  only  hope  -was  in  Christ."  [Jlexander' s 
Princeton  College,  p.  262.] 


C  325  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Edmund  Jennings  Lee  ] 

Alexandria  i6.  Decern'  1809 

Dear  Sir, 

I  AM  happy  that  the  promotion  of  the  cause  of  true  &  gen- 
uine religion,  a  cause  which  ought  to  engage  the  most 
anxious  solitude  and  attention  of  all  men ;  will  be  the  means 
of  reminding  you  of  an  old  college  acquaintance  who  still  re- 
members you. 

I  flatter  myself  that  you  will  most  cheerfully  aid  me  in  the 
obje6l  of  this  letter.  The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this 
place  is  at  present  without  a  Re61:or.  The  Rev*?  M':  Chapman 
of  Elizabethtown  and  of  New  Jersey  has  been  mentioned  to 
the  vestry.  It  being  the  wish  of  the  vestry  not  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy except  with  a  man  of  real  piety,  intelligence  and  if  pos- 
sible of  eloquence.  You  being  known  to  me,  to  all  the  vestry 
by  reputation,  they  have  requested  me  to  address  a  letter  to 
you  on  this  subje61:,and  ask  you  to  state  to  me  your  opinion 
of  this  gentleman;  I  feel  well  assured  that  you  will  not  hesi- 
tate to  oblige  as  far  as  you  can  the  vestry,  who  is  extremely 
desirous  to  fill  the  Church  with  the  most  able  charafler  they 
can  procure.  Tlie  vestry  will  therefore  esteem  it  as  a  particu- 
lar favour  conferred  on  them  by  you,  if  you  would  let  me  hear 
from  you  immediately  upon  the  subjeft  of  this  letter. 
I  am  yours  with  regard  &  esteem 

Edmund  J  Lee 

Superscription: 

The  Rev?  John  Henry  Hobart,  New :  York 


ANNOTATION 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

C  326  J 


AARON  OGDEN 

[  From  Aaron  Ogdex  ] 

Eliz"''  Town  Dec'  19 — 1809. 

My  dear  &  Rev"  Sir, 

THE  time  for  the  wedding  of  our  daiigliter  Mary  is  now 
fixed  for  the  Wednesday  after  Christmas  so  that  we 
hope  to  have  the  pleasure  of  your  presence — we  further  hope, 
that  M?.  Hobart  herself  may  z'enture  on  the  occasion,  &  that 
we  may  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  her  also. 
We  are  with  great  affection  &  truth 

Most  sincerely  yours 

Aaron  Ogden 

No  luperscription. 


ANNOTATION 

The  Marriage  of  Mary  Chetzvood  Ogden. 

Mary  Chetwood,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Elizabeth  (Chet- 
wood)  Ogden,  married  George  Clinton,  a  son  of  Colonel  Francis  and 
Anne  (Ogden)  Barber.  Mr.  Barber  was  born  December  27,  1778, 
and  died  October  9,  1828.  Mrs.  Barber  was  born  in  1789,  and  died 
March  23,  1863. 


C  327  I] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  John  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Eliz  town,  Dec  2  i  :  i  809. 

My  Dear  Sir, 

IN  a  late  conversation  with  our  Mutual  Friend  M'  Croes, 
the  subje6l  of  his  Albany  Visit  was  mentioned,  when  I  hav- 
ing a  fair  opportunity  made  some  inquiry  as  to  his  applying  to 
Dr  M.  for  letters,  &  at  y^  same  time  expressed  my  fears  that 
some  unfavourable  impressions  had  been  made  on  y^  minds 
of  y^  Clergy  in  N.  York.  He  then  gave  me  a  history  of  the  Cir- 
cumstances, &  showed  me  the  letters  he  had  received  wish- 
ing me  to  State  the  same  to  you,  and  leave  it  to  your  prudence 
to  satisfy  the  other  Clergy  or  not  as  you  should  think  proper. 

A  letter  Dated  Sep.  4.  from  M!^  J.  . .  .  first  informed  him  of 
the  resignation  of  Mr  Beasley.  In  this  letter  it  was  proposed 
that  under  the  appearance  of  visiting  Ballston  Ml  C.  should 
officiate  at  Albany,  and  no  doubt  was  entertained  of  his  suc- 
cess. Frequent  mention  was  made  that  this  was  the  opinion  of 
his  Friends  in  the  City  by  wh.  Mr  C.  supposed  several  of  the 
Clergy  were  meant.  To  this  he  replied,  that  he  could  not  think 
of  going  to  Albany  under  y^  pretence  of  visiting  the  Springs, 
that  he  would  not  move  till  he  knew  whether  he  should  in- 
terfere with  any  other  candidate,  nor  till  he  received  some- 
thing like  an  invitation  from  the  vestry.  He  soon  received 
letters  from  M.^  J.  &  Dr  M.  stating  that  all  these  things 
should  be  attended  to.  The  latter  he  never  answered.  He  soon 
received  another  from  Mi;  J.  stating  that  the  Vestry  had  been 
individually  consulted  and  would  be  happy  to  see  him. 

All  this  he  designed  to  State  to  you  when  he  got  to  the  City, 

but  you  was  from  home.  On  confering  with  M^  J.  he  found 

that  no  other  Clergy  had  been  consulted  but  Dl^  M.  &  it  was 

necessary  to  go  and  see  him,  and  get  letters  etc. 

[  328  ] 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

Here  Mr  C.told  M:  J.  y^  opinion  he  had  of  the  Df,  the  same 
opinion  he  had  frequently  expressed,  and  should  on  all  occa- 
sions a6l  conformably  to  that  opinion.  That  if  iiis  going  to 
Albany  depended  on  his  consulting  him  &  asking  for  letters 
he  would  not  go.  It  was  then  proposed  to  go  to  D!  M's.  This 
was  refused.  However  as  Mr  J.  took  the  two  Mr.  Cs  into  town 
they  stopped  at  the  Door.  The  Do6l.  was  out.  Mr.  J.  said  he 
would  provide  the  requisite  letters  and  send  them  to  the  steam 
boat  the  next  day.  This  was  done,  and  among  them  was  one 
or  two  from  the  D'. 

These  are  the  principle  circumstances. 

M!^  C.  believing  M.'^  J.  to  be  his  true  friend,  and  that  all  this 
arose  from  his  desire  to  aid  him,  would  not  on  any  account 
have  him  suffer,  or  have  this  explanation  come  to  his  ears. 
Your  prudence  will  guide  you  safely,  and  prevent  Ml^  J.  from 
knowing  what  has  passed. 

You  will  doubtless  see  y!  propriety  of  Destroying  this  letter 
immediately  least  some  accident  should  bring  me  into  unne- 
cessary &  unpleasant  notice. 

Y^  Aftc'  &  Grateful  Friend 

John  C.  Rudd. 

P.S.  Mr  Davis  I  fear  will  never  do  much,  he  has  a  great 
number  of  odities  &  weak  notions.  My  opinions  have  risen 
&  fallen  several  times,  but  I  do  not  think  he  has  mind  &  Sta- 
bility. I  have  however  advised  him  to  confine  his  attention  to 
the  study  of  Languages. 

Superscription: 

Rev.  D?  Hobart  No.  46  Greenwich  St  New  York 
M;  Brady. 


[    329    ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

John  Croes  and  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany. 
This  letter  explains  the  reasons  why  Dr.  Croes  could  not  accept  a  call 
to  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  where  he  officiated  during  the  vacancy 
left  by  the  resignation  of  Frederic  Beasley  to  accept  the  associate 
rectorship  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Baltimore,  Maryland. 

Cave  Jones. 

Mr.  J.  is  Cave  Jones,  an  assistant  minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 

York  City.  For  sketch  of  him  see  Volume  V,  page  78. 

Richard  Channing  Moore. 

Dr.  M.  is  Dr.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  who  had  recently  accepted 
the  rectorship  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York  City.  A  sketch  of 
him  will  precede  his  letter  of  June  25,  1814. 

Asahel  Davis. 

For  sketch  see  page  324. 


[  From  Johk  Churchill  Rudd  ] 

Elizabeth  Town,  Dec,  Z2,  1809. 

My  Dear  Sir, 

I  TAKE  the  liberty  to  trouble  you  to  procure  and  send  me 
by  Mr  Hatfield's  boat  a  Com.  prayer  Book,  of  good  type, 
good  plain  binding,  perhaps  one  of  the  Odlavo  Edition  if  not 
more  than  12/  or  14/  would  be  as  suitable  as  any,  if  not  one 
of  this  discription,  a  Duodecimo  would  be  preferred.  You  will 
oblige  me  by  sending  it  so  as  to  be  here  by  Xmas,  as  it  is  for 
a  Mr  Jeffries,  who  has  for  several  Sundays  been  disappointed 
as  I  thought  it  probable  I  inight  be  in  New  York  during  the 
Week. 

C    S30   ] 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

The  Presbyterians  are  very  busy,  they  have  had  preaching 
all  this  afternoon,  &  their  bell  is  now  toling.  Griffing  &  Roe 
are  here.  I  do  not  know  but  I  shall  be  under  the  necessity  of 
having  a  weekly  le6lure  or  two  if  this  weather  holds.  Last 
Sunday  Evening  for  the  first  time  since  I  have  been  in  the 
town  the  Meeting  House  was  open.  When  did  Mr  W.  Leave 
New  York.'' 

Yours  Affec"y-> 

John  C.  Rudd. 
I  enclose  q$.  for  the  Book. 

Superscription  : 

Rev.  D^  Hobart  No.  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Smith  Hetfield. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  184. 

Henry  Jeffrys. 

Henry  JeftVys  was  a  member  of  St.  John's  Church,  Elizabeth  Town. 

He  Mas  a  descendant  of  Caleb  Jeffrys,  who  was  town  clerk  in  the  early 

part  of  the  eighteenth  century,  a  selectman,  and  prominent  in  all  ci\ic 

affairs. 

Edward  Dorr  Griffin. 

Edward  Dorr,  a  son  of  George  and  Eve  (Dorr)  Griffin,  was  born  at 
East  Haddam,  Connecticut,  January  6,  1770.  From  a  very  early  age 
his  parents  devoted  him  to  the  ministry.  After  thorough  preparation 
under  Joseph  Vaill,  pastor  at  Hadlyme,  he  entered  Yale  College,  from 
w  hich  he  was  graduated  with  the  highest  honours  in  1790.  For  some 
months  he  was  an  assistant  in  the  Derby  Academy.  He  commenced 
the  study  of  theology  with  Dr.  Jonathan  Edwards,  then  in  New  Haven, 
but  afterward  president  of  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New  York. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  b}-  the  West  Association  of  New  Haven 

C  331  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

County,  October  31, 1792.  He  delivered  his  first  sermon  in  the  pul- 
pit of  his  old  friend,  Dr.  Vaill.  In  June,  1793,  he  preached  as  a  can- 
didate at  Farmington,  where  he  received  a  call  which  he  finally  de- 
clined. On  June  4,  1795,  he  was  ordained  as  pastor  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  at  New  Hartford.  In  1800,  on  account  of  his  wife's 
health,  he  was  given  a  leave  of  absence,  A\hich  he  spent  in  New  Jersey, 
largely  with  his  friend  Dr.  Hilh^er  of  Morris  County.  While  there  he 
was  asked  to  become  colleague  to  Dr.  McWhorter,  pastor  of  the  Pres- 
bj'terian  Church,  Newark.  This  he  held  in  abeyance  until  he  knew 
whether  a  more  southern  climate  than  that  of  Connecticut  \\as  a  per- 
manent necessity  for  his  wife.  He  resigned  New  Hartford  when  he 
found  that  Mrs.  Griffin  could  not  live  there,  to  the  deep  regret  of  his 
parishioners.  He  \\as  installed  as  colleague  in  Newark,  October  20, 
1801.  Upon  the  death  of  Dr.  McWhorter,  July  20, 1807,  he  became 
pastor  of  the  Church.  In  1809  he  A\as  elected  professor  of  pulpit  elo- 
quence in  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover,  and  stated  preacher 
in  the  Park  Street  Church,  Boston.  After  filling  his  chair  with  dignity 
and  approbation  for  two  years,  he  accepted  the  pastorate  in  Boston 
in  1811,  and  was  installed  on  July  31  of  that  year. 

In  1815  he  resigned,  partly  on  account  of  the  straitened  finances  of 
the  society,  owing  to  the  War  of  1812,  and  partly  because  of  divi- 
sions among  the  people.  He  returned  to  Newark,  New  Jersey,  as  pas- 
tor of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  over  which  he  was  installed 
June  20,  1815.  He  greatly  interested  himself  in  general  movements 
and  societies,  and  kept  a  very  rigid  and  painstaking  oversight  of  his 
parishioners.  He  was  a  founder  of  the  American  Bible  Society  in 
1816,  also  of  the  United  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  and  of  the  Afri- 
can School,  established  for  the  proper  education  of  negroes  by  the 
Synod  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  It  was  for  this  institution  that  he 
wrote,  in  1817,  a  forcible  and  touching  sermon, "  A  Plea  for  Africa," 
which  he  delivered  before  the  Synod  and  then  printed.  In  1821  he  was 
invited  to  become  the  president  of  Danville  College,  Kentucky,  and 
also  of  Cincinnati  College,  Ohio.  After  visiting  both  places  he  declined, 
parUy  on  account  of  his  health.  When, soon  after,  the  presidency  of 
Williams  College,  Williamstown,  Massachusetts,  was  offered  him,  he 
finally  accepted  it.  This  noble  foundation  of  Colonel  Ephraim  Williams, 
who  was  killed  at  LakeGeorge,  September  8,  1755,  during  the  French 
and  Indian  War,  was  opened  in  October,  1 79 1 ,  under  Ebenezer  Fitch, 
C   332   ] 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

a  graduate  and  tutor  in  Yale  College.  When  Dr.  Griffin  became  pre- 
sident the  ouUook  for  its  success  was  gloomy,  but  his  vigorous  mea- 
sures and  the  careful  management  of  its  small  funds  by  the  trustees 
made  for  it  a  permanent  place  among  the  Ne\v  England  colleges, 
where  a  plain  and  thorough  training  in  the  liberal  arts,  philosophy, 
and  mathematics  could  be  obtained.  Dr.  Griffin's  best  energies  and 
intellectual  powers  were  given  to  the  college  for  fifteen  years.  His  health 
had  become  so  seriously  affected  that  in  1836  he  resigned,  to  the  very 
sincere  regret  of  the  trustees,  professors,  students,  and  all  persons  in- 
terested in  the  m  elfare  of  the  college.  He  spent  the  remaining  years 
of  his  life  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  in  Newark.  She  was  the  A\ife 
of  Dr.  L.  A.  Smith,  a  prominent  physician  of  the  city.  Although  his 
disease,  dropsy  of  the  chest,  was  at  times  very  painful,  he  occasionally 
assisted  his  brethren  in  the  vicinity  of  Newark.  His  last  public  appear- 
ance was  at  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  in  New- 
ark, in  the  fall  of  1837,  when  he  offered  a  "  most  touching  prayer  and 
address."  The  death  of  his  wife  in  July,  1837,  was  to  him  an  abid- 
ing sorrow,  but  borne  A\ith  Christian  fortitude.  He  died  November  8, 
1837,  in  the  sixty-eighth  year  of  his  age  and  the  forty-sixth  of  his 
ministry.  On  May  17,  1796,  Dr.  Griffin  married  Frances,  a  daughter 
of  Dr.  Joseph  Huntington  of  Co\entry,  Connecticut,  the  niece  and 
adopted  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  Huntington  of  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, sometime  president  of  Congress  and  a  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence.  Two  daughters  were  born  to  them.  His  friend 
and  biographer,  Dr.  Williain  B.  Sprague  of  Albany,  thus  closes  his 
sketch  of  Dr.  Griffin,  in  the  "Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit,"  vol- 
ume iv,  page  37: 

"The  most  interesting  interview  perhaps  that  I  ever  had  with  Dr. 
Griffin  was  the  last — it  \\as  two  or  three  months  before  his  death; 
but  it  A\as  after  he  had  become  bowed  by  infirmity,  and  when  the 
disease  under  which  he  had  been  long  labouring,  was  evidently  soon 
to  reach  a  fatal  crisis.  His  grand  and  well-proportioned  form  which  I 
used  so  much  to  admire,  had  become  emaciated  and  skeleton-like,  and 
scarcely  the  strength  of  a  child  remained  to  it.  But  I  never  saw  him, 
after  all,  when  his  appearance  was  more  majestic.  He  sat  in  that  great 
old  arm-chair,  breathing  with  extreme  difficulty,  and  looking  as  if  the 
breath  might  leave  him  at  any  moment.  But  he  gave  me  as  hearty 
and  cheerful  a  welcome  as  he  had  been  used  to  do,  and  bade  me  sit 
C   333   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

down  by  his  side  and  talk  to  him,  even  though  he  should  not  be  able 
to  say  much  in  reply.  He  did,  however,  converse  freely, — though  not 
without  being  frequently  interrupted  by  his  difficulty  of  respiration ; 
and  every  thing  that  he  said  showed  that  he  expected  soon  to  die,  and 
that  there  was  nothing  in  the  prospect  which  he  could  not  view  with 
tranquillity  and  even  delight.  He  dwelt  with  special  emphasis  on 
the  goodness  of  God  in  so  mercifully  airanging  his  circumstances  in 
the  prospect  of  his  departure  —  saying  that  there  Mas  nothing  want- 
ing to  render  his  situation  as  desirable  as  it  could  be.  As  he  had  pre- 
viously requested  me  to  write  the  memoir  of  his  life,  he  referred  to  the 
subject  then,  and  told  me  where  and  how  I  should  find  all  the  requisite 
material;  and  I  found  it  exactly  as  he  had  stated. The  interview  was 
tender  and  solemn,  but  by  no  means  gloomy.  He  gave  me  his  blessing, 
Avhen  I  left  him;  and  it  proved  to  be  our  last  parting." 

Dr.  Nicholas  Murray  of  Elizabeth  Town,  who  was  a  student  at 
Williams  College  during  his  presidency,  gives  this  incident  among 
others  of  his  influence  on  the  religious  life  of  the  college : 

"  If  I  recollect  dates  aright,  in  the  spring  of  1825  there  was  a  truly 
powerful  and  genuine  revival  in  town  and  College.  In  this  work  Dr. 
Griffin  was  the  prime  instrument.  Some  of  the  most  touching  moral 
scenes  that  I  ever  saw  or  heard  of,  occurred  during  its  progress. 
Guilty  of  the  sin  of  David,  we  numbered  the  converted  and  the  un- 
converted. The  report  went  out  one  morning  and  reached  Dr.  G., 
that  all  College  was  converted  but  eighteen.  There  was  to  be  a  prayer- 
meeting  that  night,  and  he  sent  over  word  that  he  would  meet  with 
us.  Although  the  evening  Avas  dark  and  stormy,  and  the  ground  ex- 
ceedingly muddy,  there  Mas  not  probably  a  student  of  College  absent 
from  the  meeting.  He  came,  and  the  lecture-room  Mas  so  crowded 
that  he  stood  in  the  door,  M'hilst  giving  his  hat  to  one,  and  his  cloak 
and  lantern  to  others.  He  stood  for  a  moment  gazing  through  his  tears 
on  the  croM'd  before  him.  Then  clasping  his  hands,  and  lifting  up 
his  face  to  Heaven,  he  uttered,  in  the  most  moving  accents,  these 
Mords  —  'Or  those  eighteen  upon  whom  the  toMer  of  Siloam  fell, 
think  ye  that  they  M^ere  sinners  above  all  men  that  dMclt  in  Jerusalem?' 
The  effect  Mas  overpoM'ering.  For  minutes  he  could  not  utter  another 
Mord,  and  the  room  Mas  filled  M'ith  Meeping.  It  Mas  one  of  those  inim- 
itable touches  Mhich  he  could  occasionally  give,  beyond  all  men  that 
I  have  ever  knoMu.  I  narrated  the  incident  to  him  a  few  Meeks  pre- 
l   334   ] 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

vious  to  his  death.  He  wept  aloud  on  its  recital ;  but  he  had  forgotten 
all  about  it." 

Dr.  J.  W.  Yeomans  of  Danville,  Pennsylvania,  thus  describes  his 
method  of  teaching : 

"In  the  college  exercises  in  ^hich  he  was  accustomed  to  be  present 
and  officiate,  his  presence  commanded  the  reverence  of  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  institution  in  a  marked  degree.  In  the  recitation  room,  his 
manner  \\  as  striking,  and  often  deeply  impressive.  His  instructions 
were  confined  to  the  Senior  class ;  and  the  li\ely  interest  maintained 
in  that  class  by  his  teachings  and  his  personal  attentions,  greatly  en- 
livened the  anticipations  with  which  the  lower  classes  usually  looked 
forward  to  the  Senior  year.  He  felt  a  deep  interest  in  metaphysical 
discussions ;  particularly  in  those  most  nearly  related  to  the  leading 
points  of  the  Calvinistic  Theology.  With  all  his  finished  and  splendid 
rhetoric,  he  was  eminent  for  his  talent  and  habit  of  accurate  philo- 
sophical discrimination,  and  his  facility  and  strength  in  metaphysical 
disquisitions  enabled  him  to  engage  the  active  interest  of  his  classes 
in  the  intricate  questions  of  mental  philosophy.  He  entered  \\  ith  spe- 
cial earnestness  into  the  philosophical  discussions  relating  to  the  will, 
and  to  the  ground  of  responsibility  for  religious  belief;  and  some  of  the 
class  exercises  on  those  subjects  he  conducted  with  great  animation 
and  power. 

"A  favorite  branch  in  his  department  of  instruction  was  rhetoric. 
He  always  left  a  decided  impression  on  the  students  who  came  under 
his  hand  in  rhetorical  criticism.  His  practical  rules  for  writing  were 
definite,  positive  and  rigid  in  the  extreme.  The  effect  of  them  was  al- 
ways manifest  in  his  public  discourses,  and  is  palpable  to  every  reader 
of  his  pure,  concise  and  energetic  style.  Every  student  of  the  least 
natural  power  of  discrimination  would  recei\'e,  from  a  single  critical 
exercise  with  Dr.  Griffin,  an  impression  he  would  never  lose.  He  was 
very  susceptible  to  the  pouer  of  genuine  poetry ;  being  moved  some- 
times to  tears  by  the  touching  poetical  extracts  repeatedly  used  in  the 
college  declamations.  And  his  criticisms  on  the  manner  of  pronounc- 
ing such  pieces  Avere  often  admirable.  One  of  his  weekly  exercises 
with  his  class  was  in  reading;  and  on  one  occasion  a  member  of  the 
class  read  from  the  beginning  of  one  of  the  books  of  'Paradise  Lost: ' 
'Hail,  holy  light;  offspring  of  Heaven  first  born.'  During  the  read- 
ing he  seemed  in  rapture  with  the  poetry ;  and,  at  the  close,  after  some 
C  335  j 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

remarks  on  the  reader's  performance,  he  asked  for  the  book,  and  erect- 
ing himself  in  his  chair,  with  his  countenance  suffused,  and  his  voice 
raised,  mellow,  and  tremulous  with  emotion,  he  read  the  passage  with 
an  effect  which,  I  am  sure,  no  member  of  the  class  can  ever  forget.  The 
scene  often  recurs  to  me  as  vividly  as  on  the  day  after  its  occurrence. ' ' 

Among  Dr.  Griffin's  publications  are  : 
The  Kingdom  of  Christ.  A  Missionary  Sermon  preached  before  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia,  1805 
A  Sermon  preached  at  the  funeral  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  McWhorter, 

D.D.,  1807 
A  Farewell  Sermon  at  Newark,  1809 

An  Oration  at  the  Author's  Induction  into  the  office  of  Bartlett  Pro- 
fessor of  Pulpit  Eloquence  in  the  Divinitj^  College  at  Andover, 
1809 
A  Series  of  Lectures  delivered  in  the  Park  Street  Church  on  Sunday 

evenings,  1813 
An  Humble  Attempt  to  reconcile  the  Differences  of  Christians  in  re- 
spect to  the  Extent  of  the  Atonement,  1819 
A  Sermon  at  the  Dedication  of  the  new  Chapel  connected  with  Wil- 
liams College,  1828 
A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Ansel  D.  Eddy  of  Canandaigua,  New  York,  on 
the  Narrative  of  the  late  Revivals  of  Religion  in  the  Presbytery  of 
Geneva,  1832 
A  Letter  to  a  Friend  on  the  Connection  between  New  Doctrine  and 

New  Measures,  1833 
The  Doctrine  of  Divine  Efficacy  defended  against  modern  specula- 
tion, 1833 

After  his  death  there  was  published : 
Sermons  to  which  is  prefixed  A  Memoir  by  the  Rev.  William  B. 

Sprague,  1838.  In  two  volumes 
A  third  volume  of  Sermons  appeared  in  1844 

Azel  Roe. 

Azel,  a  son  of  John  Roe,  was  born  at  Setauket,  Long  Island,  Febru- 
ary 20,  1738.  He  was  carefully  taught,  and  proceeded  to  the  College 
of  New  Jerse}',  from  which  he  graduated  in  1756.  He  studied  theology 
under  Dr.  Caleb  Smith  of  Newark  Mountains,  as  the  sparsely  settled 

[    3SG   ] 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

region  now  the  city  of  Orange  was  then  designated.  In  1760  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  New  York  presbyter}',  and  in  1762  was  or- 
dained by  the  same  presbytery  \\  ithout  being  assigned  to  any  charge. 
After  officiating  for  some  time  in  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey,  he  a\  as 
chosen  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  duly  installed  in  the  fall 
of  1763.  In  his  work  he  was  careful,  systematic,  and  sympathetic. 
So  great  was  the  desire  for  his  ministrations  that  the  Church  of  the 
upper  village,  knoM'n  as  Metuchen,  made  an  arrangement  by  which 
the  two  Churches  should  be  united  and  share  equally  in  the  services 
of  Mr.  Roe.  After  a  union  of  several  years  the  parent  Church  found 
it  unsatisfactory,  as  the  large  growth  made  the  exclusive  services 
of  their  pastor  a  necessity.  The  affection  each  congregation  had  for 
him  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  union  was  dissolved  only  after 
the  presbytery  had  taken  action  upon  the  matter.  The  situation  of 
^Voodbridge  exposed  it  to  exactions  of  both  the  Continental  and  Brit- 
ish troops  during  the  Revolution.  For  the  first  three  years  of  the  war 
New  Jersey  ^vas  the  camp  and  store-house  of  Americans  and  English. 
Stories  are  told  of  the  manner  in  which  he  aided  the  patriot  cause.  At 
one  time  some  members  of  his  congregation  ^vho  belonged  to  a  certain 
regiment  were  unwilling  to  follow  their  captain  in  an  attack  upon  a 
predatory  band  near  Blazing  Star  Ferry.  He  closed  his  appeal  by 
saying  that  he  would  himself  go  into  the  action,  which  he  did.  He 
was  instrumental  in  raising  troops,  and  in  other  ways  showed  his  zeal 
and  interest.  His  biographer  relates  this  incident: 

"  So  active  was  he  in  stirring  up  all  within  his  influence  to  enlist  in 
his  country's  cause,  that  the  Tories  united  with  the  British,  and  seized 
him  one  night  while  he  was  ^ith  his  family,  and  carried  him  oft' as  a 
prisoner  in  New  York,  where  thev  shut  him  up  in  the  '  Sugar  House.' 
As  they  were  on  their  way  to  New  York,  they  were  obliged  to  ford 
a  small  stream.  The  officer  in  command,  who  seemed  to  have  taken  a 
fanc}'  to  Mr.  Roe,  and  treated  him  politely,  insisted  that  the  captured 
minister  should  allow  him  to  carry  him  over  upon  his  back.  When 
diey  were  in  about  the  middle  of  the  stream,  Mr.  Roe,  who  relished 
a  joke,  and  was  not  wanting  in  read v  wit,  said  to  the  officer, — '  Well, 
Sir,  if  never  before,  you  can  say,  after  this,  that  \ou  was  once  priest- 
ridden.'  The  officer  was  so  convulsed  with  laughter,  that  he  had  well- 
nigh  fallen  underhis  burden  into  the  water .  The  morning  after  hearrived 
at  New  York,  when  he  was  without  food,  and  knew  not  how  hisneces- 
C   337   H 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

sities  were  to  be  supplied,  an  excellent  breakfast  was  sent  to  him  by 
the  father  of  Washington  Irving  who  had  been  informed  of  his  im- 
prisonment ;  and  this  same  gentleman  took  care  that  he  was  rendered 
comfortable  until  he  was  exchanged.  Shortly  after  this,  in  order  to  pre- 
vent a  second  surprise,  he  moved  his  family  some  miles  back  towards 
Piscataway,  but,  after  the  Avar,  he  returned  to  the  old  Stone  Parson- 
age." [Spragiw^s  Annals^  vol.  Hi,  p.  233.] 

In  1789  he  w  as  a  member  of  the  first  General  Assembly  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  in  1802  was  moderator  of  that  body.  Dr.  Roe's 
long  pastorate  made  him  the  most  honoured  citizen  of  Woodbridge, 
and  when  the  peace  of  1815,  after  the  second  war  with  England,  was 
known  in  that  town,  it  was  celebrated  by  roasting  an  ox  whole  and 
other  festivities,  while  the  venerable  minister  was  the  orator  of  the  day, 
and  gave  an  address  which  was  long  remembered  for  its  mingling 
of  patriotism  and  instruction  upon  the  obligations  of  the  American 
citizen.  Dr.  Roe  died  December  2,  1815,  in  the  seventy-eighth  year 
of  his  age  and  the  fifty-third  of  his  ministry.  In  September,  1763,  he 
married  Rebecca,  a  daughter  of  Major  Isaac  Foote  of  North  Branford, 
Connecticut.  She  died  September  1,  1794.  They  had  two  sons  and 
six  daughters.  December  24,  1796,  he  married  Hannah,  a  daughter 
of  David  Bostwick,  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New 
York  City.  She  was  then  the  widow  of  Mr.  Barret,  who  had  been  a 
consul  in  France.  Herdeath,  November  28,  1815,  after  a  few  days'  ill- 
ness with  lung  fever,  so  aflected  her  husband,  whose  grief  could  not 
be  assuaged,  that  it  brought  on  the  affection  of  the  throat  from  which 
he  died  four  days  after.  Dr.  John  McDowell  of  Philadelphia  says  of 
Dr.  Roe : 

"Dr.  Roe  was  an  old  man  when  I  first  knew  him;  and  his  natu- 
rally fine  appearance  had  been  rendered  venerable  by  age.  He  was  of 
about  the  medium  height — I  should  say,  five  feet  and  eight  or  nine 
inches,  and  well  proportioned.  His  manners  were  more  than  ordi- 
narily graceful  and  dignified,  and  indicated  that  he  had  been  familiar 
with  cultivated  society.  He  was  a  person  of  excellent  judgement  and 
common  sense,  and  though  he  is  said  to  have  possessed  naturally 
strong  feelings,  he  exercised,  by  means  of  either  grace,  or  prudence, 
or  both  combined,  remarkable  self-control.  He  had  a  well  disciplined 
and  well  cultivated  mind,  and  had  the  reputation  of  being  a  good 
scholar.  His  preaching  was  distinguished  for  substantial  excellence, 
C   338   J 


JOHN  CHURCHILL  RUDD 

rather  than  for  those  qualities  which  attract  the  multitude  —  his  ser- 
mons were  characterized  by  weighty,  well  digested  and  evangelical 
thought,  so  plainly  expressed  as  always  to  be  level  to  the  humblest 
intelligence;  but  I  cannot  say  that  his  manner  of  delivery  was  spe- 
cially impressive.  He  was  universally  and  highly  esteemed  as  a  pas- 
tor. He  moved  about  among  his  people  with  great  dignity,  kindness, 
and  faithfulness, — always  evincing  a  watchful  and  earnest  regard 
for  their  spiritual  welfare.  He  was  permitted,  about  a  year  before 
his  death,  to  reap  a  rich  harvest  from  his  labours  in  an  extensive 
and  powerful  revival  of  religion.  He  was  a  punctual  attendant  on 
the  judicatories  of  the  Church,  and  a  useful  and  influential  member; 
and  continued  his  fidelity  in  his  advanced  age."  YSprague's  jiniia/s, 
vol.  ui,  p.  234.] 

Simon  fVilmer. 

"Mr.  W."  is  probably  Simon  Wilmer,  rector  of  Trinity  Church, 

Swedesboro.  A  notice  of  him  is  given  on  page  29. 

JoJui  McDowell. 

The  Presbyterian  minister  of  Elizabeth  Town  at  this  time  was  John 
McDowell,  who  was  installed  December  26i,  1804.  A  notice  of  him 
will  be  found  in  Volume  V,  page  93. 


C   339   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Kemp  ] 

Cambridge,  Dec'.  22,  1809. 

My  Dear  Sfr, 

LIEU:  Cox  affords  me  so  favorable  an  opportunity  to  write 
J  to  you,  that  I  cannot  omit  it,  altho'  I  wrote  you  last 
week.  I  hope  you  have  received  my  concluding  letter,  &  I 
shall  feel  highly  satisfied  when  they  are  all  published.  I  have 
been  affraid  that  your  readers  would  become  tired  of  con- 
troversy, altho  I  have  heard  of  no  intimation  of  the  kind.  It 
has  been  said  by  some  that  the  Piece  upon  the  Controversy 
between  the  Calvinists  &  Arminians  was  tedious  and  unin- 
teresting, but  I  find  that  it  is  now  concluded.  The  Letter  of 
Mr  Colden  is  in  my  judgment  one  of  the  best  performances 
that  have  appeared  in  the  Magazine.  Some  of  my  friends  here 
have  complained  that  my  Letters  were  not  published  in  one 
Volume;  that  they  could  have  but  little  effe6l  in  the  cause, 
on  account  of  their  appearing  detached,  and  that  in  such  a 
form  they  labored  under  other  disadvantages.  If  it  be  true,  that 
Dr.  Miller  is  preparing  an  answer,  and  if  the  main  arguments 
upon  our  side  continue,  as  I  presume  they  will,  unanswered, 
I  would  revise  my  Letters  carefully,  corre6l  whatever  I  might 
find  wrong,  &  strengthen  what  might  appear  weak  &  then  re- 
publish them  with  illustrations.  But  should  D'  Bowden  deem 
it  necessary  to  rejoin  to  Miller,  I  would  willingly  leave  the 
whole  business  to  him.  Altho'  I  think  every  man  has  a  right  to 
offer  to  the  Public  whatever  he  may  think  useful,  however 
weak  or  however  ill  executed,  yet  the  promotmi  of  the  Church, 
is  in  my  view,  the  point  in  which  all  our  exertions  ought  to 
unite.  And  under  this  impression,  I  will  cheerfully  acquiesce  in 
any  plan,  calculated  in  the  opinion  of  her  friends,  to  advance 
this  obje6l.  We  are  certainly  a6ling  in  the  capacity  of  ser- 
l  340  ] 


JAMES  KEMP 

vants,&  our  service  ought  to  be  single  in  its  obje6l,  as  well  as 
cheerful.  I  communicate  these  sentiments  to  you  with  much 
pleasure,  well  knowing,  that  if  we  should  at  any  time  vary 
in  judgment  as  to  the  means,  we  shall  always  unite  in  the 
end.  And  if  you  think  proper  you  may  make  them  known  to 
D'  Bowden. 

I  have  learned  with  unfeigned  delight,  from  my  Nephew, 
how  high  you  stand  in  New  York.  I  am  toiling  on  here  amidst 
dissipation  on  the  one  hand  and  enthusiasm  on  the  other,  & 
God  only  knows  what  is  to  be  the  result.  I  am  willing  however 
to  expend  all  the  powers  God  has  been  pleased  to  bestow 
upon  me,  in  Our  Great  Master's  cause.  Were  I  on  the  other 
side  of  the  North  River,  in  some  village  or  country  Parish,  I 
have  an  expeftation  that  I  should  do  better.  Still  to  a  move- 
ment of  the  kind,  there  are  some  serious  impediments. 

Your  friend  M":  Beasley  is  said  to  be  gaining  upon  the  Bal- 
timorians,  and  Dr  Rattoone,  I  hear,  is  about  to  move,  tho' 
quite  a  reformed  man.  I  thank  you  for  your  kind  attention  to 
Lieu  Cox.  He  will  tell  you  that  at  our  humble  fireside  things 
go  on  in  the  usual  style.  I  am  my  Dear  Sir  with  kind  regard 
for  Mrs.  Hobart,  your  sincere  Brother 

Jas.  Kemp. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev?  D«  Jn?  H.  Hobart.  New  York. 
Lieu:  Cox 

Please  to  send  the  Magazine  as  soon  as  possible. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Edward  Noel  Cox. 

Fornotice  see  Volume  V,page  375. 

C   .'341    ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Letter  of  Cadzvallader  Colden. 

This  letter  appeared  in  "The  Churchman's  Magazine"  for  Septem- 
ber and  October,  1809,  on  pages  349  to  356,  with  this  title:  "Ob- 
servations on  Mr.  Whitfield's  answer  to  the  Bishop  of  London's 
Pastoral  Letter;  addressed  by  Cadwallader  Colden,  Esq_.  formerly 

Lieutenant-Governor  of  New-York,  to  his  daughter   D"  L ." 

Governor  Colden 's  daughter  Elizabeth  married  Peter  De  Lancey,  a 
son  of  Stephen  De  Lancev,  the  founder  of  the  American  family,  who 
belonged  to  a  distinguished  and  noble  Huguenot  family  of  France. 
A  notice  of  Governor  Colden  is  given  in  Volume  III,  page  521.  The 
more  correct  spelling  of  the  governor's  Christian  name  is  Cadvvalader. 

Samuel  Miller. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  394. 

John  Bowden. 

For  sketch  see  page  270. 

Frederic  Beasley. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  325. 

Elisha  Dunham  Rattoone. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  241. 

The  Churchma?i's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 


C    342   J 


THOMAS  SWORDS 

[  From  Thomas  Swords  ] 

New-York,  Dec.  29,  1809. 

Rev°  Sir, 

YOU  will  be  pleased  to  accept  of  the  enclosed  for  bap- 
tising my  Children,  Thomas  and  Mary  Brewerton,  last 
evening. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Thomas  Swords. 

Thomas  was  born  the  5th  of  Nov.  1806. 
Mary  B.  the  26th  of  Feb.  1809. 

No  superscription. 

Endorsement  in  Dr.  Hobart's  handwriting: 
Thos.  Swords.  1809. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Thofnas  Swords,  Jr. 

Thomas,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (White)  Swords,  was  born  in 
the  citj'  of  New  York,  November  5,  1806.  He  was  well  fitted  for 
college,  and  entered  Columbia  in  1822.  As  his  inclination  was  for  the 
army,  he  left  before  the  compledon  of  his  course,  and  was  appointed 
a  cadet  in  the  United  States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point.  He 
graduated  with  distinction  in  1829.  He  was  given  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  bachelor  of  arts  bv  Columbia  College  in  1831.  He  saw  much 
service,  and  showed  bravery  in  the  Florida  War  in  1836,  in  the 
Mexican  War  in  1846,  and  in  the  Civil  War,  1861-65. 

He  attained  the  brevet  rank  of  major-general  in  the  United  States 
Army.  He  died  in  1886,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five. 

The  baptismal  records  of  Trinity  Parish  do  not  contain  any  entries 

relating  to  Thomas  Swords,  Jr.,  or  to  Mary  Brewerton  Swords.  The 

only  baptismal  record  of  the  Swords  family  is  the  one  on  page  505 

C   343   '2 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

of  volume  i,  which  reads :  "Nov.  4th.  1801 — Mary  (wife  of  Thomas 
Swords),  born  Dec.  27th.  1783." 

Mary  Brewerton  {Swords)  Dumont. 

Mary  Brewerton,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (White)  Swords, 
was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York,  February  28,  1809.  She  married 
Robert  Dumont,  who  was  a  well-known  surgeon  and  druggist,  with 
a  store  at  No.  16  Stone  Street. 


[    344   ^ 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Rev  &  D'^Sir 

M^  Benjamin  Bostock  a  young  gentleman  of  this  city, 
&  son  in  law  of  D'  Glentworth,  intending  to  visit  New 
York,  is  desirous  to  obtain  a  letter  of  Introduction  to  you.  I, 
therefore,  knowing  your  urbanity  &  benevolence,  thus  pre- 
sent him  to  you.  He  is  a  graduate  of  our  University,  and  is 
now  studying  law  with  M"^  Hopkinson.  He  is  a  young  gentle- 
man of  independent  fortune,  of  amiable  chara6ler  &  agreeable 
manners.  Any  attention  you  may  think  proper  to  shew  him, 
will  I  am  confident  be  gratefully  acknowledged.  I  addressed 
a  few  lines  to  brother  Simons  the  other  day,  having  heard 
that  he  &  his  wife  had  arrived  in  N  Y.  I  have  since  been  told 
they  are  not  there.  How  is  it.'' 

You  have  doubtless  heard  of  the  indisposition  of  our  Bishop : 
he  is  now  in  a  convalescent  state,  &  will,  I  trust,  soon  be  able 
to  officiate. 

The  public  &  domestic  news  now  in  circulation  M''  Bostock 
will  communicate. 

With  unfeigned  esteem  I  am 
DrSir 

Yr  Friend  &  Brother 

Jas  Abercrombie 

Superscription: 

The  Rev.  Dr  Hobart  New  York 
Favd  by 

Mr.  Bostock 

Endorsement  in  Dr.  Hobart's  writing: 
Jas  Abercrombie 
1809 

C   345  ^ 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

Benjamin  Bostock. 

Benjamin  Bostock  entered  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1805  and 
graduated  in  1807.  His  name  is  not  found  in  the  Directory  of  Phila- 
delphia from  1809  to  1813,  nor  do  any  available  sources  furnish  fur- 
ther information  concerning  him. 

George  Glentworth. 

George  Glentworth  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  July  22,  1735.  He 
studied  medicine,  and  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh in  1758.  He  became  a  surgeon  in  the  British  Army,  and  took 
part  in  some  of  the  campaigns  in  the  last  French  and  Indian  War. 
He  then  settled  in  his  native  city,  and  gained  a  high  reputation  and 
many  patients.  In  1 777  he  was  appointed  a  surgeon  in  the  Continental 
Army,  and  rose  to  be  the  senior  surgeon  and  was  made  director-gen- 
eral of  hospitals  for  the  Middle  Division.  After  the  war  he  resumed 
his  practice.  He  died  November  4,  1792.  His  son,  Plunket  F.  Glent- 
worth, was  also  a  physician,  and  lived  at  No.  144  Sassafras  Street. 

Joseph  Hopkinson. 

Joseph,  a  son  of  Judge  Francis  and  Ann  (Borden)  Hopkinson,  was 
born  at  Philadelphia,  November  12,  1770.  His  father  was  a  man  of 
marked  character,  who  filled  a  large  space  in  the  community,  a  law- 
yer, judge,  patriot,  wit,  and  poet.  He  was  a  signer  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence.  The  son  was  well  educated,  and  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1786.  He  studied  law,  and  practised  in 
Easton,  Pennsylvania,  in  1791,  but  soon  returned  to  Philadelphia, 
where  he  obtained  a  large  and  profitable  practice.  Among  the  famous 
cases  in  which  he  appeared  was  die  libel  suit  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush 
against  William  Corbett  in  1799,  when  he  was  counsel  for  Dr.  Ben- 
jamin Rush,  and  the  impeachment  of  Judge  Chase  before  the  United 
States  Senate  in  1804,  when  he  defended  the  judge.  From  1817  to 
1819  he  was  a  member  of  Congress  from  Pennsylvania.  In  1820 
he  removed  to  Bordentovvn,  New  Jersey,  where  he  became  the  friend 
and  legal  adviser  of  Joseph  Bonaparte,  the  former  King  of  Spain. 
He  ^\as  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  legislature  for  some  years.  He 
returned  to  Philadelphia  in  1823.  In  1828  he  was  appointed  judge  of 
:   346   ] 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

the  United  States  Court  for  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania  by 
President  John  Quincy  Adams,  a  position  he  retained  until  his  death. 
In  1837  he  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  the 
state.  He  died  January  15,  1842,  in  the  seventy-second  year  of  his 
age.  He  married  Emil\-,  a  daughter  of  Governor  Thomas  Mifflin  of 
Pennsyhania.  Judge  Hopkinson  was  a  man  of  varied  talentn  and 
great  abilit\-.  His  decisions  were  considered  to  be  of  \ery  high  value, 
and  have  seldom  been  re\ersed.  He  was  from  1815  a  member,  and 
from  1831  to  1842  a  vice-president,  of  the  American   Philosophical 
Society.  He  was  president  of  the  Fine  Arts  Society.  From  1790  to 
1791  he  was  secretary,  and  from  1806  to  1819,  and  again  from  1822 
to  1842,  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  Among  his  publications  are: 
Address  delivered  before  the  Law  Academy, Philadelphia,  1826 
Eulogy  in  Commemoration  of  Hon.  Bushrod  Washington,  1830 
Crabbe's  Report  of  Cases  in  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States 
for  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  chiefly  before  Judge  Hop- 
kinson, 1836-46 
His  legal  opinions  were  published  in  H.  D.  Gilpin's  District  Court 

Reports,  1828-35,  1837 
Judge  Hopkinson  w  ill  be  best  known  to  the  American  people  by  his 
patriotic  song,  "Hail  Columbia,  Happy  Land,"  written  in  1798. 

James  Deivar  Simons. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  363. 


C    347   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Chapman  ] 

Perth  Amboy,  January  iz'h.  1810. 

Dear  Sir, 

YESTERDAY  I  received  your  letter  of  the  g^l!  instant,  and 
should  have  answered  it  sooner,  had  I  not  been  prevented 
by  the  circumstance  of  the  mail's  coming  here  but  every  other 
day  and  tarrying  only  one  hour  which  does  not  allow  time  for 
an  answer  till  two  days  after,  unless  a  person  is  present  at  the 
office  immediately  on  the  arrival  of  the  post. —  I  have  consid- 
ered the  offer  from  Alexandria  and  as  you  will  see  by  the  in- 
closed letter  have  declined  its  acceptance.  —  My  aversion  to 
a  removal  to  the  Southard  will,  I  believe,  always  prevent  me 
from  accepting  any  call  from  that  quarter.  —  You  will  please 
to  examine  my  answer  to  the  Committee.  If  you  find  it  in  any 
respe6l  improper  or  incorre61:,  I  wish  you  to  return  it  to  me 
with  your  remarks.  Should  you  find  it  corre6l,  you  will  oblige 
me  by  forwarding  it. — Your  continual  attention  to  my  wel- 
fare and  advantage  demands  my  most  grateful  acknowledge- 
ment. — Accept  my  thanks  for  your  kindness  in  addinganother 
to  the  many  favors  which  you  have  shown  me. — 

I  am  endeavouring,  as  far  as  lies  in  my  power,  to  bring  the 
Church  in  this  town,  into  a  better  condition. — The  congre- 
gation is  smaller  than  I  had  reason  to  expe6l,  but  they  appear 
to  be  disposed  to  make  exertions.  —  But  unless  the  prospe6l 
is  better  in  the  course  of  a  few  months,  I  shall  embrace  the 
first  favorable  opportunity  to  change  my  residence. — At  pres- 
ent I  feel  contented,  with  the  hope  that  I  am  doing  something 
for  the  cause  of  our  Church;  and  on  account  of  the  advantages 


c  348 : 


JAMES  CHAPMAN 

which  I  have  for  pursuing  my  studies. — I  am,  with  respe6l, 
your  obliged  and  humble  servant, 

J:  Chapman. 

Superscription: 
The  Rev  :  D?  John  H.  Hobart  No  :  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


ANNOTATION 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Perth  Amboy. 

Perth  Amboy,  Middlesex  County,  New  Jersey,  is  twenty-five  miles 
south  of  New  York  City.  It  was  founded  by  the  Quaker  proprietaries 
of  East  New  Jersey  in  1684,  and  until  the  Revolution  was  the  capital 
of  that  province.  The  name  is  derived  from  James,  Earl  of  Perth,  and 
Ambo,  the  local  Indian  name  for  point.  It  was  hoped  to  make  it  the 
largest  city  in  America.  The  earliest  known  regular  services  of  the 
Church  in  this  Quaker  stronghold  are  supposed  to  have  been  held  by 
the  Rev.  Eldward  Perthuck  or  Portlock  in  1698. 

The  proprietors  set  apart  one  of  the  houses  built  at  public  cost  for  the 
use  of  the  Churchmen  of  the  town.  This  ■«  as  repaired  and  fitted  up 
for  a  church  by  subscription.  In  it  Mr.  Perthuck  officiated.  A  stone 
with  the  date  1685,  taken  from  the  previous  church  and  embedded  in 
the  rear  wall  of  the  chancel  of  the  present  church,  which  was  built 
in  1852,  is  said  to  be  the  corner-stone  of  the  building  first  used  as  a 
church.  Mr.  Perthuck  remained  in  charge  for  about  two  years.  In 
October,  1 702,  George  Keith  and  John  Talbot,  the  travelling  mission- 
aries of  the  Venerable  Propagation  Society,  visited  Perth  Amboy. 
They  held  services,  went  about  among  the  people,  and  greatly  en- 
couraged them.  The  old  church  was  repaired  and  a  new  church  was 
proposed,  for  which  the  timber  and  other  material  was  collected  in 
1706.  From  1704  to  1707  services  Avere  held  occasionally  by  John 
Brook  of  Elizabeth  Town.  In  1709  his  successor,  Edward  Vaughan, 
added  Perth  Amboy  to  his  missionary  circuit. 

In  1711  Thomas  Holliday  was  the  resident  minister,  and  continued 
in  office  for  two  years.  He,  however,  remained  in  the  town,  holding  ser- 
vices at  intervals  in  1717  and  1718.  In  1714  Mr.  Vaughan  removed  to 
Perth  Amboy,  and  officiated  every  fourth  Sunday.  A  charter  of  incor- 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

poration  Avas  granted  July  30,  1718.  William  Eier  and  John  Barclay 
were  named  in  it  as  wardens  ;  Thomas  Gordon,  John  Rudyard,  Rob- 
ertKing,  and  John  Stevens  as  vestrymen.  Land  for  a  church  was  given 
by  George  Willocks.  With  Thomas  Gordon  and  John  Barclay  he  also 
gave  land  which  is  now  a  valuable  endowment  for  the  parish.  A  stone 
church,  forty-eight  by  thirty  feet,  \\'as  commenced  in  1719  and  com- 
pleted in  1722,  when  it  was  solemnly  dedicated  to  the  service  of  Al- 
mighty God.  In  November  of  that  year  William  Skinner  became  the 
missionary.  He  was  a  member  of  the  famous  McGregor  Clan  of  Scot- 
land. He  took  part  in  the  rising  of  1715,  and  was  wounded  at  the  battle 
of  Preston  Pans.  He  fled  to  Holland  under  the  name  of  a  friend  in  Edin- 
burgh, and  from  there  went  to  the  West  Indies.  He  then  settled  in 
Philadelphia,  where  he  taught  the  classics.  He  came  under  the  notice 
of  John  Talbot,  the  rector  of  Burlington,  studied  for  the  ministr}'  under 
his  direction,  and  was  ordained  in  1722.  He  remained  there  until  his 
death  in  1758,  in  his  seventy-first  year.  In  1763  Robert  McKean,  a 
brother  of  Governor  McKean  of  Pennsylvania,  was  appointed  as  mis- 
sionary. He  was  a  skilful  physician  as  well  as  a  clergyman.  He  died 
October  17,  1767.  In  1764,  during  his  administration,  the  church  was 
enlarged  and  a  steeple  with  a  plain  spire  was  added.  John  Preston 
became  the  minister  in  1769,  serving  also  Woodbridge.  Earl}'  in  the 
Revolution  Mr.  Preston  A\'as  appointed  chaplain  in  the  Twenty-sixth 
Royal  Regiment,  but  officiated  in  the  church  as  he  had  opportunity. 
In  1783  and  1784  John  Beach  of  New  Brunswick  held  some  services. 
In  1784  John  Hamilton  Rowland,  rector  of  St.  Andrew's  in  Staten 
Island,  became  rector  in  connection  with  his  other  parish.  He  removed 
in  1788  to  Shelborne,  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  died  February  26,  1795, 
in  his  forty-ninth  year.  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  served  for  some 
months  in  1787  and  1788.  On  July  9,  1788,  George  Hartwell  Spierin 
Avas  made  deacon  in  St.  Peter's  Church.  This  was  the  first  ordination 
ever  held  in  New  Jersey.  He  Mas  succeeded  by  Henry  Van  Dyke. 
Richard  Channing  Moore  officiated  fortnightly  in  1791,  and  in  1809 
James  Chapman  commenced  his  ministry  of  thirty-three  years.  His 
successors  have  been  H.  J.  Leacock,  Horace  L.  E.  Pratt,  Alexander 
Jones,  Albert  R.  Walker,  James  O.  Drumm,  Everard  Pliny  Miller, 
and  James  L.  Lancaster,  Mho  became  rector  in  1894,  and  Mas  in  office 
in  July,  1912.  The  American  Church  Almanac  for  1912  records  two 
hundred  and  ninety-seven  communicants. 
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EDMUND  JENNINGS  LEE 

[  From  Edmund  Jennings  Lee  ] 

AlexO  14.  January  1 8 10 

My  Dear  Sir 

ABOUT  twelve  days  ago  I  wrote  to  you  in  reply  to  your 
L  letter  to  me,  and  took  the  liberty  at  the  request  of  the 
Vestry  of  the  Church  here,  to  enclose  to  you  an  open  Letter  to 
the  Rev?  Ml  Chapman,  inviting  him  to  accept  of  our  Church — 
with  a  request  that  you  would  forward  the  letter  to  him  and 
also  asked  the  favour  of  an  answer  from  you — Not  having 
been  favoured  with  a  reply  from  you  or  Ml  Chapman,  we  are 
fearful  my  letter  may  not  have  been  received  by  you. 

You  will  excuse  my  troubling  you  again ; and  hope  our  anxi- 
ety to  fill  our  Church  with  as  little  delay  as  possible,  will  be 
an  excuse  for  my  asking  the  further  trouble  of  you,  to  inform 
me,  as  soon  as  possible  whether  you  have  received  my  letter 
with  one  for  Mr  Chapman,  and  whether  you  have  had  an  op- 
portunity of  communicating  with  him  on  the  subje6l,  whether 
he  will  accept  our  invitation  &  when  we  may  expedl  him — 
If  Mr  Chapman  will  not  accept  our  invitation,  can  you  recom- 
mend and  induce  such  a  minister  as  you  believe  will  suit  us, 
to  come  on  &  see  us,  any  person  j'oz^  would  recommend  would 
I  have  no  doubt  be  accepted  by  the  Vestry — 
I  am  Yours  with 

great  respe6t  &  regard — 

Edm:  J.  Lee 

No  superscription. 


ANNOTATION 


James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  340. 
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DUDLEY  ATKINS  TYNG 

DUDLEY,  a  son  of  Dudley  and  Sarah  (Kent)  Atkins,  was  born 
in  Ne\\buryport,  Massachusetts,  August  3,  1760.  His  father 
was  a  prosperous  merchant  in  the  town  and  a  warden  of  St.  Paul's 
Church.  His  grandfather  belonged  to  a  family  in  England  which  had 
been  distinguished  for  many  generations  as  lawyers  and  men  of  affairs. 
Li  Westminster  Abbey  there  is  a  monument  to  several  members  of 
the  family.  Among  the  names  upon  it  is  that  of  Sir  Edward  Atkyns, 
"  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer  under  King  William  and  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Lords  in  Several  Parliaments,"  who  died  in  1709. 
The  young  Dudley  received  his  preliminary  education  at  the  famous 
Dummer  Academy  at  Byfield,  near  Newburyport.  He  entered  Har- 
vard College  in  1777,  and  took  a  high  rank  in  his  class.  He  graduated 
with  honours  in  1781.  Like  many  other  young  men  in  Massachusetts, 
he  went  South,  and  became  tutor  in  the  Selden  family  of  Stafford 
County,  Virginia.  He  also  studied  lawwith  Judge  James  Mercer,  the 
father  of  General  Mercer.  It  is  said  that  while  he  made  the  law  his 
profession,  his  early  inclination  and  mature  wish  was  to  enter  the  holy 
ministry.  The  uncertainty  of  the  times  and  the  anomalous  conditions 
of  the  Church  in  America,  then  without  a  Bishop,  caused  him  to  aban- 
don his  plan  with  much  regret.  His  reading,  however,  continued  to 
be  largely  theological. 

Upon  his  return  to  Newbur3'port,  about  1788,  he  completed  his  legal 
course  with  Judge  Theophilus  Parsons, A\ho  was  considered  the  best 
lawyer  in  the  state,  and  was  afterward  chief  justice  of  Massachusetts. 
Mr.  Atkins  commenced  his  practice  in  1790,  and  was  very  success- 
ful. It  was  at  this  time  that  an  incident  occurred  that  altered  his  whole 
life.  In  his  "Memoir  of  Judge  Tyng,"  read  before  the  Massachu- 
setts Historical  Society,  as  quoted  on  page  22  of  the  "Life  and  Work 
of  the  Rev.  Stephen  Higginson,  D.D.,"  Judge  Lowell  says: 

"As  early  as  1783,  which  was  only  two  years  after  he  left  college, 
most  unfortunately  for  his  future  success  in  life,  Mr.  Tyng  received 
an  intimation  that  he  was  to  receive  a  fortune  on  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Winslow.  No  event  of  his  whole  life  could  have  been  so  averse,  as 
the  accidental  circumstance  of  her  fixing  her  preferences  upon  him. 
He  was  the  announced  heir  of  the  great  Tyng  estates ;  but  no  man 
ever  passed  so  severe  a  novitiate  for  admission  to  a  monkish  order. 
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DUDLEY  ATKINS  TYNG 

She  clianged  her  ^\■ill  as  the  "wind  blew  north  or  south,  and  finally 
bequeathed  to  hhii  a  large  farm,  giving  away  the  principal  means, 
and  nearly  all  the  means  of  supporting  it." 

And  on  page  1 8  of  the  "  Life  "  he  says :  ' '  Upon  the  death  of  James 
Tyng,  the  last  male  heir  of  the  ancient  Tjng  family,  one  of  the  oldest 
in  New  England,  the  landed  estates  in  the  ancient  town  of  Tyngs- 
borough  descended  to  Mrs.  Winslow,  his  only  survi\  ing  sister  and 
heir.  Mrs.  Winslow  resolved,  as  all  the  Tyng  blood  in  that  quarter 
was  extinct,  to  settle  the  estate  on  her  distinguished  maternal  family, 
the  Dudleys.  Unfortunately  for  Mr.  Tyng,  then  Mr.  Atkins,  she  fixed 
upon  him. They  were  mutually  descendants  fromMrs.  Rebecca  Tyng, 
the  wife  of  Governor  Joseph  Dudley,  and  thus  stood  in  the  relation 
of  sixth  cousins." 

The  offer  of  the  estate  and  the  conditions  upon  which  it  m  as  to  be 
held  were  accepted,  and  he  legally  became  knoA\n  as  Dudley  Atkins 
Tyng. 

Judge  Lowell  further  says, on  page  22  of  the  "  Life : "  "  He  took  pos- 
session of  his  farm,  of  very  indifferent  soil  generally ;  and  with  scientific 
skill  he  tried  its  capacities,  till  he  found  ruin  the  inevitable  conse- 
quence. His  pride — and  no  man  had  a  greater  share  of  that  honorable 
quality — induced  him  to  persevere.  With  greater  means  of  know- 
ledge than  any  other  individual  could  possess,  we  have  no  hesitation 
in  saying,  that  to  these  circumstances  he  owed  the  defeat  of  the  fair- 
est prospects  in  his  profession,  and  was  reduced  by  them  to  shifts 
and  expedients,  in  his  future  life,  from  which  his  sound  talents  and 
learning,  his  industry  and  vigor  of  mind,  would  have  elevated  and 
secured  him." 

His  son,  Dr.  Stephen  H.Tyng,  says  of  this  period  of  his  life  :  "My 
father's  farming  proved  an  unsuccessful  experiment,  and  liis  vast 
estate  an  expensive  gift.  Neither  his  education  nor  his  taste  was 
adapted  to  the  life  Mhich  w as  required  of  him.  Yet  his  earnest  deter- 
mination kept  him  up.  Vast  impro\ements  in  his  neighborhood  were 
de\ised  b}'  him  in  opening  the  canal  around  the  falls  below  Tyngs- 
borough,  which  opened  the  free  navigation  of  the  river  from  the  upper 
country,  and  prepared  the  site  and  the  power  for  the  large  and  ffour- 
ishing  city  of  Lowell;  both  of  which  were  the  result  of  his  mind  and 
his  exertions." 

After  the  elecdon  of  John  Adams  as  President  of  the  United  States, 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

in  1796,  Mr.  Tyng  was  appointed  collector  of  customs  at  Newbury- 
port.  He  held  the  office  for  two  or  three  years  and  then  returned  to 
his  law  practice.  Judge  Tyng,  as  he  was  called,  was  a  vestryman  and 
warden  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  and  a  very  intimate  friend  of  the  rector. 
Bishop  Bass.  Many  stories  survive  of  their  interchange  of  wit,  and  of 
their  fishing  and  shooting  exhibitions. 

Judge  Tyng  had  taken  an  active  part  in  all  the  measures  bearingupon 
the  organization  of  the  diocese  and  the  election  of  Dr.  Bass  as  Bishop. 
He  had  the  respect,  esteem,  and  affection  of  his  fellow-Churchmen. 
It  is  traditional,  and  the  authority  for  it  cannot  be  impugned,  that  on 
the  death  of  Bishop  Bass  in  1803,  Theodore  Dehon,  then  rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  waited  upon  Mr.  Tyng  in 
behalf  of  the  clergy  and  laity  of  the  diocese,  requesting  him  to  receive 
hol}^  orders  that  they  might  elect  him  a  Bishop.  After  mature  consid- 
eration, Mr.  Tyng  declined.  This  is  the  only  instance  of  the  kind  in 
the  American  Church,  and  one  of  the  very  few  in  the  Catholic  Church 
from  the  beginning,  the  most  notable  being  that  of  Ambrose  to  the 
Bishopric  of  Milan. 

In  1805  Judge  Tyng  removed  to  Boston,  and  in  1806  was  made 
"Reporter  of  Decisions  for  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts." He  filled  the  office  with  marked  ability  for  sixteen  years. 
The  volumes  of  Reports  issued  by  him  are  standard  authorities.  In 
his  sixtieth  year  he  retired  to  Newburyport,  where  he  spent  his  re- 
maining days  among  his  books,  old  friends,  and  associations.  He  died 
August  1, 1829,  in  the  sixty-ninth  year  of  his  age. 

Mr.  Tyng  married  Sarah,  a  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Stephen  Higgin- 
son  of  Salem,  in  1792.  They  had  a  numerous  family.  One  son,  Ste- 
phen Higginson  Tyng,  became  the  well-known  rector  of  St.  George's 
Church  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  a  leader  of  the  Evangelical  party. 


[  Dudley  Atkins  Tyng  to  William  Harris  ] 

Boston  Jan.  23,  1 8 10. 

My  Dear  Sir 

I  HAVE  delayed  so  long  writing  to  you,  in  hope  that  I 
should  be  able  to  communicate  some  intelligence  of  in- 

C   354  ] 


DUDLEY  ATKINS  TYNG 

terest  respedling  our  Ecclesiastical  affairs.  Mr  Sewall's  going 
to  your  place  prompts  me  to  pass  you  a  line,  though  it  can 
furnish  nothing  of  much  importance. 

Our  Subscription  did  not  progress  to  the  degree  that  was 
hoped.  I  am  not  able  to  state  the  amount  aftually  subscribed, 
but  am  encouraged  to  hope  that  the  final  result  will  furnish 
a  total  of  more  than  10,000  Dollars.  This  for  Massachusetts 
may  be  a  good  beginning,  and  if  the  proposed  Union  of  the 
four  Northern  States  in  one  Diocese  takes  effe6l,  perhaps  it 
may  be  our  full  share.  On  the  subje6l  of  this  Union  I  hear 
favourable  accounts  froin  New-Hampshire  and  Vermont. 
They  will  undoubtedly  accede  to  it,  but  what  aid  is  to  be  ex- 
pe6led  from  them ,  is  yet  very  uncertain.  Our  friend  Montague 
has  much  zeal  in  this  business.  He  has  already  made  one 
journey  into  Vermont,  and  proposes  a  second  very  soon.  He 
may  be  acceptable  and  useful  in  that  country,  though  some 
of  us  might  relu6l  a  little  at  making  him  our  representative, 
where  the  State  of  Society  was  more  improved. 

Our  Standing  Committee  have  given  the  Constitutional  No- 
tice for  the  election  of  a  Bishop  at  the  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention in  May  next,  and  have  invited  the  churches  of  the 
other  States  to  join  in  the  Choice.  A  Diocesan  Constitution 
ought  to  be  formed  at  that  time,  but  I  fear  the  absence  of 
Judge  Sewall  will  be  felt  as  to  that  subje6l.  He  will  be  then 
on  the  Eastern  Circuit. 

We  shall  apply  to  our  Legislature  for  the  incorporation  of 
a  board  of  trustees,  to  manage  the  fund,  and  hope  in  time  it 
may  have  ability  to  aid  the  Church  in  other  methods  than  that 
which  forms  the  obje6l  more  immediately  in  view. 

It  will  give  me  great  pleasure  to  hear  of  you  when  Mr  Sewall 


[   ^55   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

returns,  by  which  I  hope  to  learn  if  any  aid  is  to  be  calculated 
upon  from  the  source  alluded  to  in  our  last  conversations. 
With  great  esteem  &  respect 

Your  faithful  serv'. 

Dudley  A.  Tyng 

Superscription : 

Rev.  William  Harris,  New  York 

Fav"!  by- 
Mr  Sewall. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Samuel  Sewall. 

Samuel,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Quincy)  Sewall,  was  born 
at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  December  11,  1757.  He  graduated  from 
Har\ard  College  in  1776.  He  studied  law,  and  opened  an  office  in 
Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  and  soon  had  a  lucrative  practice.  For 
several  years  he  was  elected  a  representative  to  the  Great  and  Gen- 
eral Court.  In  1797  he  was  chosen  as  representative  to  the  United 
States  Congress,  and  served  until  1801.  In  that  year  hewas  appointed 
a  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  Massachusetts,  and  was  in  office  until 
1813,  when  he  was  made  chief  justice.  He  died  at  Wiscasset,  Maine, 
June  8,  1814.  He  was  highly  esteemed  for  his  great  legal  knowledge 
and  social  qualities. 

William  Montague. 

William  Montague  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College  in  1784. 
He  was  made  deacon  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  White,  June  24,  1787. 
He  became  minister  of  Christ  Church,  Boston,  in  June,  1787,  and 
resigned  in  May,  1792.  He  Mas  then  made  rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Dedham.  He  was  a  man  of  aggressive  character,  and  had  many 
visionary  ideas  and  schemes.  By  agreement  Avith  the  parish,  he  was 
in\'ested  for  fifteen  years,  from  May  1,  1790,  with  all  the  Church 
estate,  including  the  income  from  leased  lands.  He  interested  him- 
self in  the  recovery  of  the  plots  of  land  granted  for  Church  purposes, 
in  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont.  He  put  in  motion  some  of  the  pro- 
C   S56    ] 


DUDLEY  ATKINS  TYNG 

cesses  by  which  a  part  of  them  were  recovered.  In  the  canxass  for  siib- 
scrij)tions  for  the  support  of  the  proposed  confederation  of  dioceses, 
he  spent  much  time  and  money.  His  conduct  of  the  affairs  of  Christ 
Church  seems  to  have  been  disastrous,  for  in  1815  itw  as  learned  that 
one  half  of  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  acres  of  land  which  formed 
its  endowment  had  been  sold  without  authority.  In  1815  he  was  pre- 
sented to  Bishop  Griswold  for  trial  as  being  liable  to  censure  for 
"scandalous,  disorderly  and  immoral  conduct."  In  1818  he  was  de- 
posed from  the  holy  ministry.  He  still  lived  in  Dedham,  and  was  soli- 
citous for  the  welfare  of  the  town,  until  his  death,  July  22,  1833.  He 
has  the  distinction  of  having  published  the  first  Church  Almanac  or 
Year  Book. 

The  Eastern  Diocese. 

Judge  Tyng,  with  many  leading  laymen  of  Massachusetts,  know  ing 
the  weakness  of  the  Church  in  four  of  the  five  New  England  States, 
devised  a  confederation  of  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  Vermont, 
and  New  Hampshire,  under  the  name  of  the  Eastern  Diocese.  Each 
was  already  organized  as  a  diocese.  It  is  to  the  subscription  for  this 
purpose  that  the  writer  refers. 

William  Harris. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  288. 


C  357   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Jane  Tongrelou  Dayton  ] 

Friday  Eveng. 

My  Dear  Brother, 

MOST  sincerely  do  I  rejoice  with  you  that  my  Dear  Sister 
has  got  safely  through  her  hour  of  trial  I  have  been 
more  anxious  than  I  can  describe  for  a  few  days  past  particu- 
larly as  she  has  been  so  disappointed  in  her  Nurse,  had  your 
letter  reached  me  as  it  ought  to  have  done  last  night  Miss 
Herriman  would  have  gone  in  this  morning  but  notwithstand- 
ing I  sent  my  letter  to  the  office  at  9  OClock  the  letter  from 
you  was  not  sent  me  till  this  morning  and  it  was  then  too  late 
for  her  to  get  ready  conveniently  to  day  and  as  my  Sister  was 
not  then  confined  I  thought  it  might  probably  be  soon  enough, 
however  I  flatter  myself  she  will  be  taken  care  of  to  night 
and  by  to  morrow  noon  the  nurse  will  hand  you  this,  I  went 
to  her  this  evens,  immediately  on  the  receipt  of  your  letter 
and  she  will  take  the  Mail  in  the  morning  which  will  be  the 
first  conveyance. 

Had  I  heard  of  my  Sister's  illness,  without  knowing  theevent, 
I  should  have  set  ofi^  immediately  myself,  as  she  is  now  safe  in 
bed  it  seems  unnecessary  for  me  to  venture  when  the  crossing 
is  so  bad  particularly  as  I  have  a  bad  cold  but  I  shall  seize 
the  first  favorable  moment  to  take  a  look  at  the  little  stranger 
who  I  already  love  for  the  sake  of  her  name. 

Supposing  my  letter  of  last  evening  reached  you  to  day,  I 
concluded  you  would  expeft  me  to  send  Miss  Herriman  over, 
otherwise  I  should  have  supposed  you  would  have  got  one 
in  the  city  She  is  highly  recommended  by  her  employer  and 
I  dare  say  will  give  satisfaftion,  but  she  is  a  Presbyterian.  I 
shall  feel  anxious  till  I  know  she  has  got  safe  to  you  and  at 
the  same  time  to  know  how  it  is  with  the  nursery  but  I  have 

C  358  ;] 


JANE  TONGRELOU  DAYTON 

the  fullest  confidence  in  M'^\  Mackie  whose  goodness  we  have 
all  experienced. 

You  cannot  tell  my  Sister  how  happy  I  feel   but  I  hope  to 
do  it  in  person  in  a  few  days. 

Yours  most  sincerely 

J.  T.  Dayton. 

Superscription : 

Rev'.'  Doctor  Hobart  N?  469  Greenwich  Street  New  York 
Miss  Herriman. 

Endorsement  : 

Mrs  W"  Dayton.  1810.* 


ANNOTATIONS 

Miss  Herriman. 

Miss  Herriman  was  evidently  a  nurse  living  at  Elizabeth  Town. 

Elizabeth  Catherine  Hobart. 

This  letter  refers  to  the  birth  of  Elizabeth  Catherine  Hobart,  who  was 
born  January  26,  1810.  She  married  George  Emlen  Hare,  June  22, 
1830,  and  died  February  15,  1892.  For  her  descendants  see  Vol- 
ume I,  pages  cci  to  cciv. 

Elizabeth  Mackie. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  167. 


*  It  is  hard  to  fix  the  exafl  date  of  this  letter.  The  date  given  for  the  birth  of  Elizabeth  Cath- 
erine Hobart  is  Friday,  January  26,  18 10  (see  VoUime  I,  page  cci),  which  agrees  with  the  entries 
in  the  Records  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York.  Mrs.  Dayton  says,  sheouglu  to  have  got  the  letter 
on  Thursday.  If  the  child  was  born  on  Friday,  January  26,  that  Thurvday  could  not  have  been 
January  25.  Either  the  date  of  the  letter  is  Friday,  February  2,  or  the  date  of  the  birth  is  inac- 
curately given  in  the  Records,  or,  very  possibly,  Mrs.  Dayton  wrote  Friday,  instead  of  Saturday, 
the  27th.  Ed. 

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[  From  Amos  Glover  BALDWI^  ] 

Utica  Feb.  5"''.  18 10. 

Rev.  &  Dear  Sir, 

I  AM  aware  that  your  avocations  are  many,  and  that  your 
relative  situation  involves  many  cares,  and  I  do  not  feel  in 
the  least  disposed  to  add  to  their  number.  But  knowing  that 
you  ardently  desire  the  prosperity  of  the  Church,  and  always 
cheerfully  do  what  you  can,  which  is  indeed  a  great  deal,  to 
promote  her  interest,  I  venture  to  trouble  you  by  communi- 
cating to  you  the  State  of  the  Church  in  my  neighbourhood. 

It  does  not  appear  to  me  that  the  importance  of  sending 
Clergymen  into  the  western  parts  of  this  state  is  duly  con- 
templated. Utica  is  the  most  central  spot  in  the  State  of  New 
York.  To  the  North  and  West  it  is  almost  every  where  settled 
and  in  many  places  is  thickly  inhabited,  and  yet  there  is  but 
one  Episcopal  Clergyman  beyond  me.  Were  we  Boanerges 
our  voices  would  be  lost  in  the  vast  multitude  of  voices  from 
other  tongues.  As  we  are,  I  mean  as  I  am,  the  very  least 
among  my  brethren,  I  am  constrained  to  pray  them,  "  Come 
over  and  help  us."  A  few  Episcopal  famihesare  to  be  foimd  in 
almost  every  place, and  churches  might  be  gathered  in  many. 
But  knowing,  as  I  do,  that  the  Episcopal  Clergy  are  not  nu- 
merous, and  that  the  resources  of  the  Church  are  small,  it  is 
not  my  obje6l  in  this  letter  to  show  the  expediency  of  sending 
Clergymen  into  the  western  and  northern  part  of  the  State. 

I  wish  to  get  a  Clergyman  to  settle  at  Fairfield  and  the  Little 
Falls  which  places  are  but  seven  miles  distant  from  each  other 
and  about  twenty  from  Utica.  I  think  this  to  be  an  obje61  wor- 
thy the  attention  of  the  friends  of  the  Church,  and  that  the  sit- 
uation is  inviting  to  a  young  man.  The  Academy  in  Fairfield 
is,  it  is  said,  the  most  flourishing  of  any  academy  in  the  state. 

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AMOS  GLOVER  BALDWIN 

A  large  three  story  stone  building  was  ere61:ed  the  last  season ; 
and  besides  the  principal  and  his  usher,  there  are  a  professor 
of  Chymestry  and  a  professor  of  Anatomy,  who  have  thirty 
scholars.  A  considerable  part  of  these  young  men  usually  at- 
tend Church,  and  someof  them  I  am  told  have  become  attached 
to  it,  and  I  think  we  should,  if  we  can,  plant  Churches  around 
all  seminaries  of  learning.  One  great  cause  of  the  paucity  of 
our  Clergymen  is  almost  all  the  colleges  and  academies  in  this 
country  are  under  the  direftion  of  others.  At  the  Little  Falls, 
which  is  a  small  village,  there  is  no  Clergyman  of  any  de- 
nomination. There  are  a  few  Episcopal  families,  and  the  prin- 
cipal persons  say  they  will  support  any  regular  clergyman  and 
are  very  desirous  to  settle  one.  Mr.  W'"  Alexander,  merchant 
in  this  place,  offers  to  take  a  young  man  a  clergyman  into  his 
house  and  make  him  as  one  of  his  family, if  he  will  teach  his  two 
sons,  who  are  seven  and  nine  years  of  age,  and  a  third  one 
now  threeyears  old  when  he  becomes  capable  of  being  taught. 
He  has  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica  and  few  other  books 
which  a  Clergyman  may  have  the  use  of.  Mr.  A.  told  me  a 
Clergyman  might  calculate  on  250  Dollars  for  his  labours 
half  of  the  time,  and  that  the  people  make  prompt  payment. 
This  with  his  board  &c,  from  Mr.  A.  on  the  terms  I  men- 
tioned, and  about  one  hundred  Dollars  which  he  might  expe6l 
from  Fairfield  would  give  a  single  man  a  living.  His  situation 
in  Mr  A's  family  would,  I  think,  be  pleasant.  I  have  preached 
several  le61:ures  in  this  place  and  think  that  with  proper  atten- 
tion a  flourishing  church  might  be  gathered  here.  A  large 
building  was  ere6led,  a  few  years  ago  in  this  place  and  en- 
closed which  is  now  going  to  decay.  This  would  be  finished 
were  a  regular  Church  established,  as  persons  have  offered 
to  finish  it,  provided  they  might  sell  the  pews.  The  prospe6ts 
of  gathering  a  flourishing  Church  here  by  proper  exertions, 
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and  the  utility  of  watering  the  one  already  organized  in  Fair- 
field are  so  great  that  I  feel  very  desirous  that  a  Clergyman 
be  settled  in  these  places.  I  am  prepared  to  give  up  my  charge 
at  Fairfield.  I  go  to  Vernon  fifteen  miles  from  Utica  oncea  fort- 
night and  preach  evening  Le6lures,  and  occasionally  preach 
on  Sunday,  where  there  are  some  prospe6ls  by  the  blessing 
of  God,  to  gather  a  Church.  Or,  should  a  Clergyman  be  es- 
tablished at  the  places  I  mentioned  and  a  chh.  should  not  be 
gather  at  Vernon,  I  would  go  to  Manlius.  The  Bp.  was  di- 
re6ted  to  send  a  missionary  to  the  last  mentioned  place  and 
thereabouts.  Perhaps  it  may  be  thought  best,  if  but  one  person 
can  be  found  who  will  come  to  the  northward,  that  he  be 
fixed  at  the  above  places.  In  that  case  an  arrangement  could 
be  made  between  him  and  me,  so  that  I  could  visit  Manlius 
a  few  times  in  the  course  of  the  year.  Will  you,  my  dear  Sir, 
think  of  the  State  of  the  Church  in  this  quarter.  I  believe  there 
are  two  or  three  young  Clergymen  in  N.  Y.  or  its  vicinity, 
perhaps  some  of  these  would  like  to  come  to  this  part  of  the 
Diocess.  Will  you  let  me  know  whether  there  be  any  pros- 
pers of  my  succeeding  in  my  views  early  next  summer.  If 
there  be  not  I  think  I  shall  write  to  some  of  my  acquaintance 
in  Con.  May  be  I  can  get  a  young  man  to  come  from  there, 
your  ob^  hbl  Ser^ 

Amos  G.  Baldwin. 

N.  B.  I  inclose  sixteen  dollars  due  for  the  C.  M.  for  1 809. 
and  will  continue  to  take  the  same  number,  and  wish  they 
would  be  sent  regularly.  A.  G.  B. 

Please  to  present  my  kind  regards  to  the  Bishop  and  the 
brethren. 

Superscription  : 

Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  New  York. 

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AMOS  GLOVER  BALDWIN 

ANNOTATIONS 

Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  484. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  238. 

Emmanuel  Church,  Little  Falls. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  239. 

Fairjield  Academy. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  240. 

William  Alexander. 

William  Alexander  was  born  in  Schenectadv.  He  came  to  Little 
Falls  with  Mr.  Porteous  before  1800,  and  engaged  in  business  with 
him  as  a  general  merchant.  Mr.  Alexander  was  public  spirited,  ener- 
getic, and  intelligent,  and  did  much  to  make  the  town  attractive  and 
encourage  people  to  settle  in  it.  He  was  respected  and  liked.  His 
death  occurred  Januarys,  1813,  of  a  fever  which  was  epidemic  in 
the  county,  during  the  prevalence  of  which  many  of  the  best  men 
and  women  died. 

Vernon. 

This  town,  taken  from  Westmoreland  and  Augusta  February  17, 
1802,  is  on  the  western  border  of  Oneida  County,  New  York,  south  of 
the  centre.  It  formed  a  part  of  the  domain  of  the  Oneida  Indians,  whose 
principal  town  was  called  Kan-on-wall-a-hu-le,  and  was  purchased  by 
the  state  in  1795  with  a  reservation  for  the  Oneidas.  Two  patents  were 
laid  out  within  it,  one  two  miles  square,  to  Abraham  Van  Eps,  to  re- 
imburse him  for  ad\'ances  made  to  the  Indians,  and  the  other  to  John 
Sergeant,  missionar}-  to  the  Stoekbridge  Indians.  The  remainder  of  the 
tract  was  sold  at  public  auction  in  1797.  Oneida  Castle,  the  reservation 
for  the  Indians,  is  on  the  western  line  of  the  town.  The  first  actual  white 
settler  wasJosiah  Bushnell  of  Tvringham,  Berkshire  Countv,  in  1794. 
Among  the  other  earlv  setders  were  Abraham  Van  Eps,  Richard  Hub- 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

bell,  Gad  Warner,  Benjamin  Pierson,  Elihu  Root,  Gideon  Skinner, 
Samuel  Shedd,  Thomas  Gratton,  William  Deland,  James  Griffin, 
Ebenezer  Webster,  AmosBrockway,MosesUpham,  and  Aaron  Davis. 
A  large  number  ofthe  pioneers  came  from  Connecticut,  principally  from 
Litchfield  County.  The  earliest  Church  organization  was  in  1801,  at 
Vernon  Centre,  and  was  Congregational  in  its  doctrine  and  polity.  It 
was  under  the  care  of  Mr.  Bogue  for  a  short  time.  It  had  no  settled 
minister,  only  "stated  supplies,"  until  1811,  when  Calvin  Bushnell 
became  pastor.  A  Presbyterian  Church  was  organized  at  Vernon  vil- 
lage in  June,  1805,  and  a  Baptist  Church  in  1807.  The  work  among 
the  Indians  was  under  the  care  of  that  zealous  Congregational  mis- 
sionary, Samuel  Kirkland,  founder  of  Hamilton  College,  until  his  death 
in  1808.  There  appears  to  have  been  no  organization  of  Churchmen 
in  the  town.  There  is  no  record  of  any  services  held  by  missionaries 
of  the  Church  previous  to  those  of  Mr.  Baldwin.  The  work  of  the 
Church  among  the  Oneida  Indians  will  be  detailed  in  its  proper  place. 
There  is  no  parish  of  the  Church  in  Vernon. 

Mmilius. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  300. 


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EDMUND  JENNINGS  LEE 

[  From  Edmund  Jennings  Lee  ] 

Alexandria  17'.''  February  1810. 

Dear  Sir, 

I  AM  sorry  to  be  again  troublesome  to  you  upon  the  subject 
of  ourchurch.  It  appears  as  if  thefates  had  conspired  against 
the  success  to  the  south  of  the  Episcopal  church.  The  Vestry 
had  flattered  themselves  and  had  assured  the  congregation, 
that  through  your  kindly  exertions  they  had  procured  a  min- 
ister, from  whose  services  we  hoped  much  good. 

To  our  extreme  regret  and  indiscribable  mortification  we 
are  disappointed  in  him.  For  your  satisfa6lion  I  send  you  true 
copies  of  two  letters,  which  we  have  from  him. 

My  own  feelings  on  this  subjeft,  I  will  forbear  expressing. 

Permit  me,  to  request  the  favour  of  you  to  mention  any  other 
minister  who  in  your  opinion  will  suit  us.  You  can  assure  him, 
that  our  congregation  is  in  every  respe6l,  highly  respe^able. 

From  the  information  which  we  have  received  from  Balti- 
more, concerning  this  extraordinary  condu6l  of  Mr  Sayre,  we 
have  reason  to  believe  that  Dr  Bend,  has  been  instrumental  in 
keeping  him  from  us.  This  I  shall  be  sorry  to  find  confirmed, 
but  the  truth,  I  will  ascertain.  If  Dr  Bend,  has  been  concerned 
in  any  measure  to  detain  Mi;  Sayre  in  Baltimore,  he  has  not 
a6led  as  becomes  him,  because  he  tendered  his  services  to 
us  and  it  was  thro'  his  recommendation,  that  we  heard  of 
Mr  Chapman.  I  lament  this  conduit  of  Mr  Sayre,  on  account  of 
religion  &  our  church  in  general. 

Accept  my  thanks  for  your  ready  attention  to  my  several 
letters,  &  believe  me  to  be  with  Sincere  regard 
Yours  &c 

Edm:  J.  Lee 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

{Copy.  1st  Letter) 

Havre  de  Grace,  Maryland  S'.''  FebX  1810 

Dear  Sirs 

OWING  to  a  great  indisposition  occasioned  by  riding  too 
fast,  it  will  be  impossible  for  me  to  get  to  Alexandria 
so  as  to  officiate  on  Sunday  ii.  Int.  according  to  oigagement. 
It  will  be  my  endeavour  however  to  be  there  some  time  in 
the  week,  so  as  to  perform  divine  service  on  Sunday  following. 
Yours  respe6f  fully 

[Signed)     Gilbert.  H.  Sayres 

To  G.  Deneall 
or 
W'^  Herbert 

or 
J?  Keith 
Alex^ 

(Copy.  2i  Letter) 

Baltimore  FebT  15.  1 8 10. 

Gentlemen 

MY  health  as  I  informed  you  from  Havre  de  Grace  pre- 
vented me  from  being  with  you  on  Sunday  last,  since 
I  came  into  this  city,  some  circumstances  have  arisen  that  have 
some  what  changed  my  views  of  which  it  is  now  my  inten- 
tion to  give  you  a  prompt  &  candid  statement.  I  preached  last 
Sunday  for  the  ReV?  M f  Beasley  one  of  the  associate  ministers 
of  S*.  Paul's  parish,  I  was  so  fortunate  as  to  give  some  satis- 
fa6f  ion  by  my  discourse  to  that  congregation  &  this  has  led  to 
my  receiving  an  invitation  from  another,  Episcopal  congrega- 
tion here,  who  have  no  minister,  to  remain  sometime  &  preach 
among  them,  with  a  view  to  obtain  a  settlement. 

From  an  examination  into  all  the  circumstances  of  the  case, 
I  am  inclined  to  think  that  a  settlement  in  this  place  would 
open  before  me  a  much  more  extensive  field  of  usefulness  in 
the  church  of  Christ  than  that  presented  in  your  city.  I  feel 

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EDMUND  JENNINGS  LEE 

it  therefore  somewhat  of  a  duty  to  remain  here  in  compHance 
with  the  request  of  the  gentlemen  before  alluded  to.  As  I  am 
under  no  engagement  with  you  is  a  step  for  which  I  trust  I  shall 
receive  your  Indulgence  as  under  these  circumstances  to  pay 
you  a  visit  would  be  somewhat  useless.  I  regret  the  disappoint- 
ment to  which  I  subje6l  you  &  sincerely  hope  that  it  may  prove 
of  no  discouragement  to  your  church.  I  have  to  thank  you  for 
your  politeness  &  attention.  Hoping  that  you  may  be  able  to 
obtain  a  minister  who  will  be  more  efficient  &  more  faithful 
than  it  would  have  been  my  power  to  become. 
I  remain  gentlemen, 

very  respe6l  Yours 

[Signed]     G.  H.  Sayre. 

Messrs  G.  Deneall 
WiJ^  Herbert 

or 
Ja!   Keith  Esq  j 
Alex^ 

To  this  letter  the  committee  on  the  part  of  the  vestry  re- 
turned the  following  answer. 


Alexandria  17'.''  Feb>;  1810. 

D.^  Sir 

WE  received  your  favour  of  the  1 5^}"  Int.  and  it  is  with 
jnuch  regret  we  observe  the  contents. 

Your  own  advancement  &  views  in  point  of  usefulness  in 
the  church  tniist  rest  with  yourself.  Certain  it  is  that  Alex- 
andria may  be  said  to  be  situate  nearly  on  the  southern  ex- 
tremity of  the  Episcopalian  religion,  and  unless  we  can  obtain 
a  minister  of  talents  attached  to  the  church,  we  must  submit 
to  our  fate,  however  we  shall  with  assistance  make  some 
efforts  towards  its  perpetuation. 

You  will  readily  conceive  our  extreme  tnortipcation ,  after  giv- 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ing  notice  of  two  several  appointments  that  we  should  not 
have  been  favoured  with  your  presence  even  for  one  day. 
Wishing  you  every  good, 

We  are  with  respedl 

Your  oW  serf 
{^Signed)     Geo.  Deneall  ^ 
James  Keith     [ 
W"^  Herbert.  J 


ANNOTATIONS 

Gilbert  Hunt  Sayres. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  December  24,  1810. 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

George  DenealL 

William  Herbert. 

James  Keith. 

Information  respecting  these  three  gentlemen  was  received  too  late 

for  incorporation  in  this  volume.  It  will  be  given  in  connection  with 

the  letter  from  Edmund  Jennings  Lee  of  December  27,  1813. 

Frederic  Beasley. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  325. 


[   368   ] 


RUFUS  KING 

[  From  Rufus  King  ] 

DEAR  Sir 

ENCLOSED  I  send  you  the  Report  which  has  been  drawn 
up  by  D"".  Mason,  as  he  did  not  attend  the  meeting  of  this 
evening,  and  you  were  also  absent,  nothing  more  was  done 
than  to  read  over  the  Report:  the  Resolves,  which  will  embrace 
the  matter  of  the  Report,  will  be  drawn  up  by  D' .  Mason ;  to 
enable  him  to  do  which,  I  have  to  request  that  you  will  send 
him  the  report  on  monday  morning. 

It  is  proposed  that  the  Committee  should  meet  at  my  house 
on  Tuesday  morning  at  1 1 .  OCk 

very  faithfully 

Yr.  ob.  Ser. 

Rufus  King 

Robinson  Street 

Saturday  Ev6.  Feb.  24.  18 10. 

Rev?  Dr.  Hob  art 

No  superscription. 

ANNOTATION 

John  Mitchell  Mason. 

For  mention  see  Volume  V,  page  230,  and  for  notice  see  page  107. 


C  S69  ^ 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Frederic  Beasley  ] 

Baltimore  Feby  27!''  1810 

My  Dear  Hobart 

YOU  will  change  youropinion  of  the  condu6l  of  Mr  Sayres 
probably  when  you  are  made  acquainted  with  all  the  cir- 
cumstances of  the  case.  The  affair  made  the  same  impression 
on  my  mind  as  on  your's  when  first  presented  to  it.  My  advice 
to  him  was  to  go  on  by  all  means  first  to  Alexandria  &  fulfill 
his  engagements  with  them  before  he  preached  at  all  to  the 
people  of  this  congregation,  &  if  they  should  persist  on  his  re- 
turn in  wishing  him  to  preach  to  them,  I  saw  no  impropriety 
in  his  yielding  to  their  wish.  I  told  him  moreover  that  should 
both  the  calls  be  presented  to  him  on  his  return  to  N.  Y:  he 
might  at  his  leisure  determine  wh  to  accept.  He  then  told  me 
that  since  he  had  arrived  in  Baltimore  he  had  received  such  ac- 
counts from  Alexand:  as  wd  prevent  him  from  ever  thinking 
of  settling  there  whatever  might  be  the  result  of  the  nego- 
tiation in  this  place.  I  saw  immediately  the  delicacy  of  his  sit- 
uation, that  it  would  be  very  difficult  if  not  impossible  to  pre- 
vent the  people  of  Alex :  from  ascribing  his  condu6t  towards 
them  to  improper  motives.  However,  in  as  much  as  he  had  de- 
termined not  to  remain  permanently  among  them  &  told  me 
very  decidedly  that  he  was  under  no  kind  of  obligation  to  do 
so,  it  appeared  to  me  that  it  would  only  have  subjefted  them 
to  needless  expence  &  in  fa6l  been  trifling  with  them  to  go 
on.  I,  therefore,  relu6lantly  acquiesced  in  the  plan  wh  he  ulti- 
mately followed  &  assisted  him  in  drawing  up  that  letter  wh 
he  sent  to  them  from  this  place.  I  thought  it  best  that  he  should 
candidly  inform  them  of  the  true  state  of  things.  I  am  sorry 
that  the  church  of  Alex:  is  disappointed,  but  I  hope  that  the 
great  Head  of  the  Ch:  in  the  usual  tenor  of  his  proceedings, 

C  370 ;] 


FREDERIC  BEASLEY 

out  of  this  partial  evil  will  finally  educe  considerable  good. 
It  is  of  importance,  of  great  importance  to  our  ch:  in  this 
place  that  this  congregation  should  obtain  a  Minister  of  sound 
principles  &  regular  habits.  A  man  of  a  difierent  cast  by  unit- 
ing with  our  Apostle  of  irregularity,  might  give  us  very  seri- 
ous uneasiness.  Our  ch:  is  indeed  in  a  most  wretched  condition 
here,  &  however  your  feelings  may  have  been  wounded.  My 
Dear  H :  ( as  I  was  sure  they  w^'  be  in  this  affair)  yet  you  must 
rejoice  with  me  that  the  matter  has  taken  a  turn  so  favorable 
to  the  interests  of  our  holy  mother  ch.  M'  Sayres,  if  I  am  not 
disappointed  very  much  in  him,  will  strengthen  the  hands  of 
the  friends  of  order,  &  this  is  what  the  situation  of  our  ch: 
most  imperiously  demands.  The  vestry  of  this  congregation 
met  last  evening  &  resolved  unanimously  to  present  the  call 
to  M'^  Sayres.  They  will  offer  him  a  permanent  situation  in  the 
ch:  They  pledge  themselves  to  give  him  liooo  for  the  first 
year  &  to  raise  his  salary  afterwards  accordingly  as  the  growth 
of  the  congregation  under  his  hands  shall  admit.  As  many 
as  30  families  who  I  believe  have  no  pews  in  any  ch:  have 
resolved  to  take  them  in  his  if  he  accepts  the  call.  It  appears 
therefore  to  me  that  considering  the  great  interests  of  the 
ch:  of  Ch:  it  is  the  duty  of  M'.  Sayres  to  accept  this  call.  I  do 
not  think  that  it  can  when  properly  considered  be  ascribed  to 
any  unworthy  motive.  His  avarice,  if  he  has  any;  could  not 
here  influence  him,  because  they  offer  him  for  the  present  no 
better  support  than  he  could  have  obtained  in  Alex:  &  it  is 
still  to  be  determined  whether  it  will  ever  be  better.  I  expe6l, 
therefore,  from  all  my  brethren  in  N  York  that  they  will 
not  endeavour  to  prevent  M!'  Sayres  from  settling  in  this 
City. 

I  congratulate  you.  My  Dear  H:  on  the  birth  of  another 
daughter.  We  cannot  have  too  many  of  a  good  breed.  Would 

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it  be  too  soon  to  speak  in  favor  of  myself  for  the  next  event 
of  a  like  nature?  If  you  have  no  better  friend  to  serve,  if  it  be 
a  son  what  objection  would  you  have  to  giving  him  my  name. 
I  promise  if  you  wish  it  to  return  the  favor  by  prefixing  your's 
to  that  of  my  next  boy.  My  family  is  as  yet  as  you  saw  it 
last,  but  in  sailor's  phrase  wh  I  may  almost  use  in  this  case 
without  a  figure  I  begin  to  be  in  expedlation  of  breakers. 
Send  me  on  your  Magazine  with  those  transmitted  here.  I 
have  written  to  Mercer,  reC*  answer  &  now  expe6t  every  day 
to  see  him.  Write  to  me  frequently.  I  shall  more  fully  to  you 
before  long.  M'.*  B:  joins  in  most  affectionate  Remembrance 
to  M":*  H:  yourself  &  yr  family  &  believe 

ever  yr  affe6l :  friend 

Frederic  Beasley 

Superscription  : 

Rev"?  D?  John  H.  Hobart  New- York  N"  46  Greenwich  St. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Gilbert  Hunt  Say  res. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  December  24, 1810. 

George  Dashiell. 

By  "Apostle  of  irregularity,"  Mr.  Beasley  evidently  refers  to  George 

Dashiell,  for  notice  of  whom  see  Volume  III,  page  467. 

Elizabeth  Catherine  Hobart. 
For  notice  see  page  359. 

The  Churchman' s  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

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FREDERIC  BEASLEY 

Charles  Fentnn  Mercer. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  94, 

Maria  Beasley. 

For  notice  see  page  288. 


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[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Philad  March  19  18 10 

Dr  &  Rev  Sir 

I  AM  requested  by  one  of  the  gentl"  of  our  vestry,  to  make 
some  inquiries  of  you,  about  M"^  Tho^  Atwell,  who  is  a  can- 
didate for  the  clerkship  of  St  Peter's  Church  —  He  says,  he 
has  officiated  as  clerk  in  St  Pauls,  St  Stephen's,  Christ  Church, 
&  St  John's  &  is  recommended  by  Wm  Price  &  Sam'  Read 
of  your  city — Will  you  be  so  good,  my  d'  Sir,  as  to  give  us 
some  information  about  him,&  that  speedily? 

I  have  long  been  endeavouring  in  vain  to  obtain  the  No's  of 
the  Churchman's  Magazine  from  its  commencement  in  New 
England  to  the  time  you  undertook  it — Can  you  procure 
them  for  me? 
My  most  respe6lful  &  afFe6l  Comp'"  await  Mrs  Hobart. — 
"With  unfeigned  respeft  &  esteem  I  am  D'  Sir 
Yr  Friend  &  Brother 

Jas  Abercrombie. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  D.D. 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church.  New  York 


ANNOTATIONS 

Thomas  Atzvell. 

The  name  of  this  gentleman  does  not  appear  in  the  New  York  City 
Directory  from  1808  to  1811,  nor  is  it  found  in  the  printed  list  of 
those  who  served  as  clerks  in  Trinit}- Parish.  Mr.  Atwell  is  not  men- 
tioned in  the  "History  of  St.  Stephen's  Church  "  by  Mr.  Perkins,  or 
in  Dr.  Dix's  "History  of  Trinity  Parish." 
C   374   ] 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

JVilliam  Price. 

In  the  New  York  City  Directory  for  1810  there  are  the  following  names: 

"Price,  William,  Merchant,  248  Pearl  Street. 

"Price,  William,  Mason,  Thompson  Street." 

In  the  Burial  Records  of  Cypress  Hills  Cemetery,  with  the  names  of 
those  removed  from  the  church-yard  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Broom 
and  Chrystie  Streets,  is  the  name  of  William  Price. 

Samuel  Read. 

In  the  New  York  City  Directory  for  1 8 10  there  are  the  following  names  : 

"Reed,  Samuel,  Sawyer,  Rivington  Street. 

"Reed,  Samuel, 32  Barclay  Street." 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42 . 


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[From  Frederic  Beasley] 

Baltimore  March  2  2"''  1810 

My  Dear  Hobart 

WE  have  as  yet  heard  nothing  from  Mr  Sayres  but  that 
he  has  written  to  the  vestry  of  Trinity  church  that 
he  has  determined  upon  nothing,  he  has  neither  resolved  to 
come  nor  to  decline  coming.  The  impression  made  upon  the 
people  here  I  am  afraid,  will  not  be  in  his  favor  if  he  hesitates 
much  longer.  I  have  no  idea  myself  that  he  does  not  finally 
intend  to  accept  the  invitation.  After  having  alledged  to  the 
vestry  of  Alexandria,  as  an  excuse  for  not  visiting  their  church 
that  he  had  remained  here  with  a  view  to  obtain  a  settlement 
&  after  having  given  to  the  people  here  every  possible  reason 
to  believe  that  a  call  from  them  would  be  acceptable  to  him, 
I  cannot  bring  myself  to  believe  that  his  intention  is  to  dis- 
appoint both  these  churches.  It  is,  however,  said  very  confi- 
dently to  be  reported  by  a  gentleman  in  this  City  who  has 
seen  him  since  his  return  to  New- York  that  he  does  not  in- 
tend to  come.  I  do  not  give  any  credit  to  this  report.  Never- 
theless I  wish  to  know  with  certainty  what  are  the  views  of 
Ml^  Sayres.  It  is,  as  I  before  observed  to  you  of  considerable 
importance  to  the  epis:  ch:  in  this  state  that  he  should  come. 
You  know  that  the  disorderly  Clergy  of  this  state  are  far 
too  numerous  already,  &  every  sound  divine,  of  course,  who 
is  added  to  our  numbers  diminishes  their  influence  &  their 
prospers  of  ultimate  success  in  those  projects  wh  I  am  sure 
they  cherish  &  wh  I  am  equally  sure  go  to  the  destru6tion 
of  our  church.  I  informed  you  that  it  was  my  opinion  that 
M!^  Sayres  had  better  have  gone  on  to  Alex:  &  fulfilled  his 
engagements  there  before  he  made  any  attempt  at  obtain- 
ing another  settlement.  Nothing  inclined  me  to  relinquish  this 
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FREDERIC  BEASLEY 

plan  &  consent  to  his  remaining  here  as  he  did,  but  his  posi- 
tively assuring  me  that  lie  was  under  no  obligation  to  go  there 
&  that  moreover  from  some  things  he  had  heard  since  he 
came  here, he  had  determined  not  to  settle  in  that  City.  Under 
these  impressions  I  thought  it  was  as  well  that  he  should  pro- 
ceed no  further  as  it  would  only  be  trifling  with  that  vestry 
to  go  on  with  such  views.  If  however,  M!^  Sayres  refuses  the 
call  to  this  place  he  may  be  assured  that  he  will  subje6l  him- 
self to  very  severe  censures.  I  trust  you  will  exhert  your  in- 
fluence with  him  to  induce  him  to  come.  Depend  upon  it  the 
interests  of  the  epis :  ch :  in  this  City  &  state  would  be  very 
much  furthered  by  it.  Between  a  hot  &  blind  &  stupid  fanati- 
cism on  the  one  hand,  &  a  cold  &  formal  &  lifeless  Christian- 
ity on  the  other,  we  are  bad  enough  off  I  assure  you.  God 
grant!  that  some  circumstances  may  give  birth  to  an  improve- 
ment in  the  condition  of  our  holy  Mother  ch: 

ReV^  M"^  Moscrop  commissions  me  to  give  in  his  name  also 
as  a  subscriber  to  the  ch's  Magazine. 

M''  B:  joins  in  aft"e6lionate  remembrance  to  your  family.  Re- 
member me  to  my  friends  of  the  Clergy  &  believe  me  ever 
Yrs  sincerely 

Frederic  Beasley 

Write  to  me  immediately  &  let  me  hear  from  Sayres.  Urge 
him  to  send  on  an  immediate  answer  to  the  vestry  as  delay 
wh  under  other  circumstances  might  be  admissible,  is,  in  his 
case,  injurious. 

Superscription : 

Rev"  D"  John  H  :  Hobart  New  York  N"  46  Greenwich  St: 


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ANNOTATIONS 

Gilbert  Himt  Sayres. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  December  24,  1810. 

Henry  Moscrop. 

Henry  Moscrop  \vas  born  probabl}'  in  Virginia.  He  was  made  dea- 
con by  Bishop  Seabury  in  Trinity  Church,  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
August  27, 1786.  The  Bishop  made  this  entry  in  his  "Registry  of 
Ordinations  by  the  Bishop  of  Connecticut,"  on  page  5:  "Recom- 
mended by  the  Rev"!  John  Bracken,  Visitor,  and  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Shield,  R.  Y.  H.  P.,  of  the  Presbytery  of  York,  &c.  Virginia;  and 
by  the  Hon'l.  Rich'd  Henry  Lee."  The  Diocese  of  Virginia,  at  the 
Convention  held  at  Richmond  from  May  24  to  May  31,  1786,  had 
di\ided  the  diocese  into  twenty-four  districts.  The  tA\ enty-third  dis- 
trict contained  the  counties  of  Elizabeth  City,  Warwick,  and  York. 
Dr.  John  Bracken,  rector  of  Bruton  Parish  Church,  Williamsburg, 
Virginia,  was  appointed  the  visitor.  Dr.  Bracken  was  one  of  the  most 
noted  clergymen  in  Virginia,  and  at  this  same  Convention  received 
ten  votes  at  the  election  for  a  Bishop.  The  initials  R.  Y.  H.  P.  after 
Mr.  Shield's  name  mean  rector  of  York  Hampton  Parish.  On  Au- 
gust 30  of  the  same  year  Mr.  Moscrop  was  ordained  priest  by  the 
same  Bishop  and  "licensed  for  Virginia."  It  is  probable  that  he  offici- 
ated in  that  diocese.  He  spent  much  of  his  time  at  Newport,  and  from 
thence  he  went  to  Maryland  in  1792.  He  was  made  rector  of  Queen 
Anne  Parish,  Prince  George  County,  where  he  remained  until  1794, 
when  he  was  elected  rector  of  All  Hallows  Parish,  Anne  Arundel 
County.  For  some  months  in  1797  he  officiated  in  Trinity  Church, 
Newport,  Rhode  Island.  From  1810  to  1813  his  home  was  in  Balti- 
more, probably  without  any  parochial  charge.  In  1813  he  removed  to 
the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  about  1817. 
On  October  5,  1821,  his  w  idow,  Elizabeth  Moscrop,  married  Charles 
Seabury,  a  son  of  the  Bishop.  A  daughter  married  Bishop  Benjamin 
Tredwell  Onderdonk. 

Maria  Beasley. 

For  notice  see  page  288. 

C   378   : 


EDMUND  JENNINGS  LEE 

[  From  Edmund  Jennings  Lee  ] 

Alexandria  26'.''  March  1810. 

My  dear  Sir, 

YOUR  two  last  letters  dated  on  the  2'?  and  22'.'  inst.  I  have 
duly  received. 

It  gives  me  much  pleasure  to  be  able  in  expressing  to  you 
my  own  acknowledgements  for  your  anxious  and  friendly 
attention  to  our  church,  &  also  to  express  the  sentiments  of 
our  Vestry ;  By  that  body  I  am  requested  to  return  you  their 
sincere  thanks  for  your  attentions  to  their  interest. 

Previous  to  your  last  letter,  we  had  been  visited  by  the  Rev"^. 
Mr  Barklay,  who  we  have  indu6led.  I  flatter  myself  that  he 
will  prove  to  be  what  the  recommendations  we  received  of 
him,  state  him  to  be.  He  is  about  45  years  of  age  with  a  small 
family,  tho'  not  eloquent  in  his  manner  of  speaking.  He  is  cer- 
tainly very  eloquent  in  his  stile,  which  is  pure  and  classical, 
his  sermons  are  pious  &  his  manner  devout.  He  seems  to  be 
all  meekness. 

I  hope  Mr  Sayre  may  be  fixed  permanently  I  have  reason 
to  tliink  that  he  will  be  disappointed  in  Baltimore.  In  a  pecu- 
niary point  of  view  I  am  sure  he  will.  In  consequence  of  the 
letters  from  you  and  M'  Lyel,  the  congregation  were  so 
pleased  with  the  prospe6l  of  having  him  that  they  would  have 
given  him  more  than  was  stated  in  the  letter  of  our  commit- 
tee to  him. 

I  know  not  what  difficulties  he  could  have  to  encounter  here. 
If  he  anticipated  any  from  Gibson,  he  was  under  a  mistake, 
M'  Gibson  has  a  church  of  his  own  and  has  not  eflTefted  our 
Church  in  the  least,  we  do  not  interfere  with  each  other;  tho' 
I  do  not  visit  M''  Gibson's  Church,  yet,  I  find  no  ill  will  has 
been  created  between  the  members  of  the  two  Churches.  The 
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real  orthodox  episcopalians  remain  in  the  Church  which  M"" 
Gibson  has  left,  and  are  now  attending  it  with  M"^  Barklay  as 
the  pastor. 

I  hope  D''  Bend  may  be  innocent  of  the  charge  we  have  ag' 
him.  Tho'  he  did  not  urge  M"^  Sayre,  to  stay  in  Baltimore  he 
might  perhaps  have  prevented  it,  he  might  have  prevented 
the  invitation  being  given  to  him  or  he  might  have  stated  to 
M"^  Sayre  who  is  a  young  man,  the  propriety  of  visiting  us 
according  to  his  promise  &  our  just  reputation. 

I  hope  some  luckey  accident  may  put  it  in  my  power  as  well 
as  in  that  of  the  members  of  our  Church  of  shewing  to  you 
in  person,  the  grateful  remembrance  I  &  they  will  bear  of 
your  attention  to  us. 

I  am  my  Dear  Sir 

With  sincere  regard 

your  friend 

Edm.  J.  Lee. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Francis  Barclay. 

In  1801  Francis  Barclay  came  from  the  West  Indies  in  holy  orders, 
and  became  principal  of  an  academy  in  Baltimore,  Maryland.  He  was 
a  native  of  England.  In  1802  he  was  president  of  the  academy  at 
Easton,  and  in  1805  also  officiated  in  St.  Paul's,  Queen  Anne  County. 
In  1806  he  removed  to  Anne  Arundel  County,  and  was  rector  of  All 
Hallows  Parish.  In  1808  he  was  rector  of  William  and  Mary  Parish. 
In  1810  he  was  elected  rector  of  Christ  Church,  Alexandria.  Bishop 
Meade,  in  his  "Old  Churches  and  Families  of  Virginia,"  says  on 
page  261 :  "In  the  following  3'ear,  1810,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Barclay,  who 
came  to  this  country  from  the  West  Indies,  was  chosen.  Bishop  Clag- 
gett  of  Maryland  certified  to  his  character  for  the  last  six  years,  dur- 
ing which  he  had  been  ministering  in  Maryland ;  but  in  April  of  1 8 1 1 
a  wife,  whom  he  had  deserted,  followed  him  from  the  West  Indies, 

C  380  -} 


EDMUND  JENNINGS  LEE 

and  he  resigned  his  charge  in  Alexandria  and  has  been  heard  of  no 
more  since."  Mr.  Meade  was  his  successor  in  October,  1811. 

Gilbert  Hunt  Say  res. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  December  24, 1810. 

Thomas  Lyell. 

For  sketch  see  page  15. 

William  Lezvis  Gibson. 
For  notice  see  page  60. 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  John  H.  Jacocks  ] 

New  Haven.  March  30"'.  1810. 

Revn".  D"^  Hobart 
D^SiR, 

ENCLOSED  are  two  dollars,  which  I  will  thank  you  to 
hand  to  the  Revn*:!  Ml  Chapman,  in  payment  for  some 
books  he  purchased  for  me.  Calvinism  is  on  the  wane  in  this 
City.  Episcopalianism  rises  as  the  other  descends.  There  have 
been  as  yet  no  serious  additions  but  good  hopes  are  enter- 
tained that  our  Church  will  receive  them  'ere  long.  The  gen- 
eral impression  is  greatly  in  our  favor.  Stuart's  departure 
operates  kindly.  Conferences  are  thin  &  stale,  histead  of  big- 
oted zeal  on  the  part  of  the  Se6laries,a  charitable  disposition 
is  pretty  generally  shewn  to  the  Church.  Our  Assistant  Cler- 
gyman Mr  Whedon  is  quite  popular  even  with  other  denom- 
inations. 

My  family  having  been  extremely  sick  for  five  months, 
the  Committee  of  publication  for  the  Society  for  promoting 
Christian  Knowledge,  have  done  nothing  as  to  publications. 
I  wished  very  much  to  visit  y''  City  with  a  view  of  procuring 
some  pieces  suitable  to  our  purpose.  "Will  you  be  good  enough 
to  give  me  information  by  letter  to  M'  Parrott,  who  hands 
this,  what  would  be  expedient  for  us  to  publish .'' Are  there 
any  new  works  from  England  come  to  hand.''  Perhaps  selec- 
tions from  them  might  be  made  useful. 

Mr  Miller's  last  letters  have  received  no  attention,  I  believe, 
from  any  person,  except  myself.  He  is  certainly  very  con- 
fident, acrimonious  &  a  repeater  of  stale  allegations.  It  is  a 
braggadocio's  performance,  filled  with  contempt  ridicule  & 
malevolence  towards  his  opponents.  I  trust,  however,  there 
is  ability,  in  either  of  them,  sufficient  to  refute  this  great  cham- 
[  .S82  J 


JOHN  H.  JACOCKS 

pion  for  purity.  Under  the  mark  of  excessive  moderation  & 
civility,  he  writes  with  the  extreme  of  bitterness  &  incivility. 
Y''  with  great  respeft 

John  H.  Jacocks 

Superscription  : 

Revn".  Dr.  Hobart  New  York. 
M'  Parrott 

z  dolls 


ANNOTATIONS 

James  Chapmaji. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

Moses  Stuart. 

Moses  Stuart  was  born  at  Wilton,  Connecticut,  March  26,  1780.  He 

graduated  from  Yale  in  1799,  after  which  he  studied  law  and  became 

a  tutor  at  Yale  in  1802.  After  two  3'ears'  practice  he  commenced  the 

study  of  theology,  and  was  pastor  of  the  First  Church,  New  Haven, 

Connecticut.  In  1810  he  was  elected  professor  of  sacred  literature 

at  Andover  Theological  Seminar}'.  He  was  one  of  the  best  Hebrew 

scholars  of  his  dav,  and  one  of  the  earliest  Biblical  critics.  He  died 

at  Andover,  January  4,  1852.  Among  his  many  works  the  following 

may  be  cited  : 

Grammar  of  the  Hebrew  Language  without  Points,  1813 

A  Commentary  on  the  Epistle  to  the  Romans,  1832 

Grammar  of  the  New  Testament  Dialect,  1834 

Critical  History  and  Defence  of  the  Old  Testament  Canon,  1845 

Salmon  Wheaton. 

Salmon,  a  son  of  Orange  Wheaton,  w'as  born  in  Washington,  Con- 
necticut, February  11,1782.  He  was  well  fitted  for  college,  and  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  1805.  He  studied  theology  w  ith  Bishop 
Jarvis,  living  in  his  family  for  more  than  a  year  from  January,  1806. 
He  was  made  deacon  by  that  Bishop,  Septemljer  1 , 1 807,  in  St.  John's 
Church,  Bridgeport.  He  took  charge  of  St.  John's  Church,  Stamford, 
for  a  year,  and  was  able  to  restore  it  to  peace  and  tranquillity.  He  was 

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ordained  priest  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Norwalk,  by  Bishop  Jar^'is, 
September  4,  1808.  He  then  became  assistant  minister  in  Trinity 
Church,  New  Haven,  under  Dr.  Bela  Hubbard.  In  the  fall  of  1810  he 
was  warmly  recommended  to  Trinity  Church,  Newport,  then  vacant 
by  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Dehon,  afterward  Bishop  of  South  Carolina. 
He  entered  upon  his  duties  as  rector  in  September  of  that  year.  His 
incumbency  was  a  time  of  quiet  growth  and  improvement.  He  secured 
an  endowment  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  established  the  first  Sunday 
School  in  Newport,  and  \\as  thoroughly  liked  and  respected.  He  was 
for  twenty  years  president  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  diocese, 
and  a  deputy  to  the  General  Convention.  In  1840  he  resigned  and 
removed  to  Johnstown,  New  York,  where  he  accepted  the  rectorship 
of  St.  John's  Church,  founded  by  Sir  William  Johnson,  the  well- 
known  Indian  Commissioner,  in  colonial  times.  Se\ere  illness  caused 
him  to  resign  at  Easter,  1843.  He  lived  for  nineteen  months  more, 
subject  to  intense  pain  and  suffering,  and  died  August  24,  1844.  Mr. 
Wheaton  marriedAnn,  asister  of  Bishop  Dehon,  September  28,  1812. 
One  daughter  married  Dr.  David  King  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island. 
After  the  death  of  Mrs.  Dehon  a  tablet  was  placed  on  the  wall  of 
Trinity  Church,  Newport,  A\'ith  this  inscription: 

TO  THE  MEMORY  OF 

SALMON  WHEATON,  D.D. 

AN   EMINENT  CHRISTIAN, 

FOR  THIRTY  YEARS  THE  FAITHFUL  RECTOR 

OF  THE  CHURCH 

WHO  DIED  DECEMBER  24TH,   I  844 

AGED  62  YEARS 

ALSO  TO  ANN  DEHON,  HIS  WIFE, 

WHO  DIED  DECEMBER   8tH,    1855. 

AGED  73   YEARS. 

THEIR  MORTAL  REMAINS  REST  IN  A  TOMB 

UNDER  ST.  Paul's  church,  boston. 

BEHOLD  THE  SPIRITS  OF  THE  JUST, 
WHOSE  FAITH  IS  CHANGED  TO  SIGHT. 

John  Frtvicis  Parrott. 

John  Francis  Parrott  was  born  in  Greenland,  New  Hampshire,  in  1 768. 

C   384  J 


JOHN  H.  JACOCKS 

He  became  interested  in  public  affairs,  was  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature  in  1811,  Representative  in  Congress  from  1817  to  1819, 
and  United  States  Senator  from  1819  to  1825.  He  was  made  post- 
master of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  by  President  Adams,  in  1826. 
He  died  at  Greenland,  New  Hampshire,  July  9,  1826.  His  son,  Rob- 
ert Parker  Parrott,  is  well  known  as  the  inventor  of  the  Parrott  gun. 

The  Society  for  the  Promotmi  of  Christian  Knowledge. 
For  notice  see  page  154. 

Samuel  Miller. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  394. 


[   38.^   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Joseph  Prentice  ] 

Athens  April  3'.''  1810 

Rev  &  Dear  Sir, 

I  Embrace  the  of  opportunity  offered  by  the  Rev.  M'.  Hub- 
bard of  returning  the  volume  of  Sermons  which  you  had 
the  goodness  to  send  me ;  &  to  which  I  am  indebted  for  many 
ingenuous  remarks,  &  much  useful  information  on  the  Arti- 
cles of  our  Ch.  I  should  have  returned  it  sooner,  but  no  safe 
conveyance  had  hitherto  offered.  Be  pleased  to  accept  my 
acknowledgement  of  this  favor  by  which  I  have  been  much 
profited. 

I  trust  the  peculiar  disadvantages  of  my  situation,  will  apolo- 
gize for  calling  your  attention  for  a  moment  to  an  expression 
in  our  Baptismal  service,  the  precise  meaning  of  which,  it  is 
doubtful  whether  I  corre6lly  understand ;  at  any  rate  it  is  one 
of  the  obje6lions  against  which,  as  stated  by  dissenters,  I  have 
never  been  able  satisfa6lorily  to  remove. 

The  expression  to  which  allude  is  contained  in  the  prayer 
used  immediately  after  the  Baptism  of  infants;  in  these  words. 
— "We  yield  Thee  hearty  thanks  Most  merciful  Father,  that 
it  hath  pleased  Thee  to  regenerate  this  infant  by  thy  holy 
spirit," — As  I  understand  our  Church  generally  to  teach  that 
regeneration  by  Baptism,  &  renovation  by  the  spirit,  are  dis- 
tin6l,&  as  the  above  expression  seems  to  suppose  a  spiritual 
agency  in  the  Regeneration  of  Baptism ;  I  am  at  a  loss  whether 
our  Church  would  herein  teach,  that  the  infant  has  expe- 
rienced an  operation  of  the  spirit  on  its  internal  powers,  or 
only  an  external  change  of  state:  which  is  considered  spiritual 
merely  from  its  being  wrought  by  virtue  of  that  spiritual 
authority,  with  which  the  duly  authorized  Ministers  of  Christ 
are  invested: — 

C  386  n 


JOSEPH  PRENTICE 

It  being  important  that  we  should  be  able  to  explain  clearly, 
&  on  scriptural  grounds  every  thing  advanced  in  the  offices 
of  the  O] ,  ( especially  when  we  perform  those  services,  as 
many  of  the  country  Clergy  are  obliged  to,  in  the  presence 
of  dissenters)  it  would  be  very  serviceable  to  me  to  receive 
distin6l  ideas  as  to  the  passage  above  refered  to.  I  have  tho'. 
that  a  few  remarks  on  it  would  be  very  acceptable  to  many 
readers  of  your  Magazine.  If  you  should  not  think  so,  you 
will  much  oblige  by  communicating  your  tho'^  by  letter.  With 
my  best  wishes  for  the  health  &  happiness  of  yourself  & 
family  I  am 

Dear  Sir 

your  Friend  &  Brother 

inC 

Joseph  Prentice. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev.  D»  Hobart  N  York 

By  the 

Rev  M'.  Hubbard 


ANNOTATIONS 

Reuben  Hubbard. 

Reuben  Hubbard  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Moore,  December  22, 
1810.  He  served  as  rector  of  Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh,  and  as 
missionary  in  northern  New  York,  with  great  fidelity  and  success.  He 
died  February  10, 1859. 

Baptismal  Regeneration. 

As  far  as  an  examination  of  the  unsigned  articles  in  "The Church- 
man's Magazine"  shows,  the  paper  which  Mr.  Prentice  requested 
from  Mr.  Hobart  was  never  written. There  are,  however,  particularly 
in  the  years  from  1804  to  1807,  many  statements  in  articles  on  other 
subjects  bearing  upon  baptismal  regeneration. 
C   387  J 


ABRAHAM  BRONSON 

ABRAHAM  Bronson  was  born  at  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  April 
X\.  11,1778.  He  was  educated  at  the  Episcopal  Academy,  Cheshire, 
Connecticut.  He  was  made  deacon  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Jarvis  in  St. 
Peter's  Church,  Cheshire,  on  Christmas  Day,  1799.  He  became  an 
assistant  instructor  in  the  Episcopal  Academy,  and  served  in  various 
parishes  that  were  vacant  in  Connecticut.  He  was  ordained  priest  by 
Bishop  Jarvis  in  St.  James's  Church,  Danbury,  June  1,  1803. In  the 
fall  of  1802  he  had  gone  to  Vermont,  where  at  Manchester,  Arling- 
ton, and  other  places  he  was  a  missionary  for  thirty  years.  He  Avas 
secretary  of  the  diocese,  and  frequendy  president  of  the  Convention.  In 
1833  he  removed  to  Ohio,  and  did  the  same  kind  of  u  ork  at  Liverpool, 
Boston,  Portage,  Elyria,  and  other  places.  He  died  June  12,  1853,  at 
Franklin,  Ohio. 


[  From  Abraham  Bronson  ] 

Manchester  April  7  :  18 10. 

Rev°.  Sir, 

YOU  have  doubtless  for  some  time  been  acqtiainted  with 
the  proje6l  of  having  a  new  Bishop  in  the  Eastern  States. 
Vermont  has  been  invited  to  join  the  Diocese,  &  has  deter- 
mined to  comply,  &  send  a  delegation  to  assist  at  the  ele6lion 
in  May.  The  question  now  arises,  who  shall  be  the  Bishop. 
M"^  Harris  has  been  mentioned;  but  we  apprehend  from  in- 
formation, that  he  does  not  possess  a  great  share  of  those 
popular  talents,  &  that  warm,  animated  manner,  wh  are  so 
essentially  necessary  to  revive  the  Church  in  these  states. 
Our  situation  is  peculiar,  if  we  get  a  man  of  the  right  cast, 
he  will  find  an  ample  field  for  raising  up  the  Church.  But  if 
we  fail  in  this,  I  fear  our  cause  is  lost.  Now,  Sir,  if  you  have 
the  same  idea  as  I  have  respecting  the  freedom  of  commu- 

C  388  ^ 


ABRAHAM  BRONSON 

nication  w''.  sh''.  be  used  between  Clergymen,  whose  whole 
souls  are  devoted  to  the  sacred  cause  you  will  condescend  to 
inform  me  frankly  &  decidedly  whether  you  will  accept  of 
the  appointment,  in  case,  you  slv'.  receive  it.  You  are  the  man, 
Sir,  whom  our  representatives  wo'',  prefer;  yet,  as  it  appears 
somewhat  doubtful  whether  you  wo''  consent  to  leave  your 
present  easy  &  delightful  situation  for  one  encumbered  with 
so  much  labor  &  fatigue,  we  wo'',  wish  to  know  before  hand 
what  we  may  depend  on,  in  order  that,  in  our  present  urgent 
circumstances,  we  may  not  suifer  the  trouble  &  delay  of  a 
second  ele6lion.  It  is  with  much  diffidence  that  I  make  this 
inquiry,  not  knowing  the  feelings  of  the  Boston  Clergy. 
But,  considering  our  situation,  I  cannot  forbear;  &  must  en- 
treat you  to  give  me  this  infonnation  without  reserve.  Be  not 
offended,  Sir,  at  my  freedom.  The  welfare  of  the  Church  is 
my  sole  obje6l;  and  when  that  is  concerned,  etiquette  &  cere- 
mony are  things  of  inferior  consideration.  You  may  subje6l 
me  to  any  injunftion  of  secrecy  w''.  the  nature  of  this  case  will 
admit;  &  at  any  rate  I  will  endeavour  to  use  the  information 
with  prudence  &  discretion. 

A  package  of  Books  has  just  been  rec'j  thro'  your  dire6lion, 
from  Messrs.  Swordss.  I  hope  to  make  remittance  for  them 
in  May.  Two  Magazines  for  the  present  year  came  at  the 
same  time.  I  had  wished  to  increase  the  number.  Please,  Sir, 
to  dire6l  the  Printers  to  send  me  five  from  the  beginning  of 
the  year.  Likewise  to  send  by  mail,  three  to  Mr  John  P.  Hen- 
shaw,  Middlebury ;  one  to  Zaccheus  Towner,  Esq,  Charlotte; 
one  to  Mr  Gould  Buck  Fairfax;  one  to  Mr  Nathan  Lobdell, 
Fairfield;  and  one  to  the  Rev''  Charles  Stewart, St.  Armand, 
near  Huntsburgh,  all  of  Verm'.  I  sent  D"^  Bowden  money  to 
pay  my  arrears,  with  a  request  that  the  discount  for  agency 
past  may  be  made  in  copies  of  the  last  edition  of  C"  Canons. 

C   389   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

The  Vermont  Bill  left  with  you  last  spring  you  may  forward 
to  me  in  a  letter,  if  it  has  not  yet  passed  to  my  account  with 
Messrs.  Swordss.  Please,  Sir,  to  write  me  speedily  on  the  im- 
portant subje6l  contained  in  this  letter,  as  the  time  does  not 
admit  of  delay.  With  sincere  respe6l,  Sir,  I  am  yours, 

Abraham  Brunson. 
Rev"  D-.  Hobart 

Superscription  : 

Rev?  John  H.  Hobart,  D.D.  New  York. 


annotations 
William  Harris. 
For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  288. 

John  Prentiss  Kewly  Henshazv. 

John  Prentiss  Kewly  Henshaw,  who  was  afterward  Bishop  of  Rhode 
Island,  was  eighteen  years  old  in  1810,  a  recent  graduate  of  Mid- 
dlebury  College,  and  acting  as  laj^  reader  at  Middlebury  and  other 
towns  in  that  part  of  Vermont.  His  father,  Daniel  Henshaw,  removed 
from  Middletown,  Connecticut,  in  1803.  He  was  accompanied  by 
his  brother  Joshua.  They  \x  ere  large  land-owners,  and  developed  the 
portion  of  the  town  on  the  south  bank  of  Otter  Creek,  building  stores, 
mills,  and  dwellings.  He  fitted  up  the  room  used  for  the  ser\ices  of 
St.  Stephen's  Church,  which  was  occupied  undl  a  stone  church  was 
built  in  1827.  He  lived  in  a  handsome  house  opposite  South  Park, 
which  was  the  oldest  in  the  to\\n.  A  sketch  of  Bishop  Henshaw  will 
precede  his  letter  of  July  18,  1814. 

Thomas  and  James  Swords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series,  see  page  42. 
[   390   J 


ABRAHAM  BRONSON 

Zaccheus  Toztmer. 

The  town  of  Charlotte  is  in  the  southwestern  part  of  Chittenden 
County,  Vermont.  It  was  granted  June  24, 1762,  by  Governor  Ben- 
ning  Wentworth  of  New  Hampshire,  to  Benjamin  Ferris,  Jonathan 
Aiken,  Benjamin  Ferris,  Jr.,  Daniel  Wing,  Lott  Tripp,  and  others, 
principally  residents  of  Dutchess  County,  New  York.  The  first  settler 
was  Derick  Webb,  in  March,  1766.  He  remained  only  a  short  time, 
but  returned  again  in  1777.  After  a  few  months  he  remo^•ed,  but  in 
1784,  with  Elijah  Wolcott,  commenced  the  permanent  settlement  of 
the  town.  About  the  same  time  Dr.  James  Towner,  John  Hill,  Solomon 
Squier,  Moses  Fall,  and  Daniel  Hosford  arrived.  Dr.  Towner  A\as 
well  known  as  a  physician  in  a  wide  circuit.  The  names  of  Erazmun 
Towner  and  Homer  Towner  are  found  as  prominent  in  the  town,  but 
the  name  of  Zaccheus  Towner  does  not  appear.  No  attempt  seems  to 
have  been  made  to  establish  a  parish  of  the  Church  in  the  town. 

Gould  Buck. 

The  town  of  Fairfax  is  in  Franklin  County,  Vermont.  It  is  pentago- 
nal in  shape,  having  for  its  northern  boundary,  Fairfield,  for  its  east- 
ern, Fletcher,  for  its  southern,  Westfield,  Chittenden  C'oimty,  and  for 
its  western,  Georgia.  It  was  granted  to  Edward  Burling  and  sixty- 
two  others  by  New  Hampshire,  August  18,  1763.  The  first  actual 
settlers  were  Joseph  Beaman  and  Joseph  Beaman,  Jr.,  of  Benning- 
ton, Vermont,  who  came  to  the  town  on  foot  in  1780  and  located  in 
North  Fairfax.  In  1787  Gould  Buck,  who  was  born  in  New  Milford, 
Connecticut,  in  1764,  but  when  twelve  years  old  removed  to  Wash- 
ington, in  the  same  state,  came  to  Fairfax  and  settled  on  the  farm 
which  was  owned  by  John  Wanzer  in  1883.  In  1791,  with  Abigail 
Hawley,  he  settled  fourteen  hundred  acres  of  land  purchased  from 
Elias  Jackson  and  Eleazer  Marble  of  Salisbury,  Connecticut,  it  being 
the  original  riglits  of  John  Viner,  Christopher  Viner,  James  Viner, 
and  William  Legraft.  They  were  followed  in  the  next  year  by  Jesse, 
George,  Nathan,  Joseph,  and  Zadock  Buck.  The  new  settlement  was 
known  as  Buck  Hollow.  Mr.  Buck  married  Hannah  Burrit,  and  had 
nine  children,  two  of  whom  were  living  in  1883.  He  married  for  his 
second  wife,  Sarah  Ann  Hawle}'.  T\\o  daughters  by  this  marriage 
were  living  in  1883.  It  is  probable  that  Mr.  Buck  and  other  Church- 
men of  the  town  attended  the  services  held  in  the  adjoining  town  of 
C   391    ^ 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Fairfield.  A  parish  of  the  Church  was  organized  in  Buck  Hollow, 
Fairfax,  May  8,  1835,  by  Alfred  Wheeler,  Lyman  Hawley,  and  ten 
others.  Edward  F.  Stevens  was  the  first  rector.  Services  were  held  in 
the  school-house  until  1860,  when  a  church  and  parsonage  were  built 
at  a  cost  of  four  thousand  dollars.  The  old  parishes  of  Fairfield  and 
Fairfax  are  practically  extinct.  Whatever  services  are  held  in  Fairfield 
are  by  the  missionary  at  East  Fairfield,  where  a  new  mission  has  been 
started,  and  where,  in  1912,  there  were  about  seventy-five  communi- 
cants. Fairfax  is  served  by  the  missionary  at  Milton  and  Georgia. 

Nathan  Lobdell. 

Fairfield  is  the  largest  town  in  Franklin  County,  Vermont.  It  has 
for  its  northern  boundary  Sheldon,  for  its  eastern,  Bakersfield  and 
Enosburgh,  for  its  southern,  Fletcher  and  Fairfax,  and  for  its  western, 
Swanton  and  St.  Albans.  It  was  granted  by  New  Hampshire,  with 
Southfield  and  Bakersfield,  to  Samuel  Hungerford  and  others.  Its  first 
settler  was  Joseph  Wheeler,  in  March,  1787.  He  was  followed  in  1788 
by  a  company  from  Ridgefield,  Connecticut,  including  John  Sunder- 
land, John  Mitchell,  Gabriel  Sherwood,  and  others.  Services  of  the 
Church  were  held  in  Fairfield  by  Russell  Catlin  as  early  as  1802,  and 
a  parish  by  the  name  of  Trinity  Church  was  organized  in  1803  with 
Nathan  Lobdell  and  Hubbard  Barlow  as  Avardens.  In  1805  and  1806 
Barzillai  Bulkley  was  officiating.  Under  Stephen  Beach  a  church  was 
built  in  1818,  and  consecrated  by  Bishop Griswold  on  September  20  of 
that  year.  A  new  church  was  built  in  1864.  Mr.  Lobdell  was  warden 
for  many  years,  and  delegate  to  the  Conventions  of  the  diocese,  where 
he  often  served  on  important  committees. 

Charles  Stezvart. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  July  19,  1810. 

John  Bozvdeii. 

For  sketch  see  page  270. 

The  Spellijig  of  Bronson. 

Abraham  Bronson,  in  his  letters  which  belong  to  the  Archives  of  the 
General  Convention,  spells  his  name  Brunson,  but  his  name  is  gen- 
erally spelled  Bronson. 

t   392   ] 


FREDERIC  BEASLEY 

[  From  Frederic  Beasley  ] 

Baltimore  April  lo'''.  1810. 

My  Dear  Hobart, 

I  AM  very  much  surprised  at  not  having  heard  from  you, 
since  you  must  have  perceived  from  my  last  letter  that 
I  expefted  an  immediate  answer  to  it.  We  are  all  here  very 
much  astonished  at  the  very  extraordinary  condutl  of  M^ 
Sayres.  I  have  just  seen  a  letter  he  has  written  to  Dr  Allender 
in  wh  he  declines  accepting  the  call  wh  the  vestry  of  Trin: 
ch:  have  presented  to  him.  And  wliat  do  you  think  is  the  rea- 
son he  alledges  for  declining  the  call  after  having  given  the 
people  here  every  possible  ground  for  believing  that  he  would 
accept  it.^  Why  forsooth,  he  will  have  to  preach  twice  in  the 
day  &  his  health  will  not  admit  of  it.  I  think  he  has  certainly 
been  a  long  time  making  this  discovery.  It  will  not  be  easy 
to  convince  the  vestry  of  Trinity  Ch:  that  they  have  not  been 
trifled  with  in  this  matter,  if  this  is  to  be  the  conclusion  of  it. 
Dr  Allander  &  myself  have  this  evening  had  a  conversation 
on  this  subje6l  &  we  both  concluded  that  he  could  do  nothing 
more  in  the  business,  but  that  I  could  write  to  you  &  urge 
upon  you  the  expediency  of  exerting  your  influence  with  him 
on  this  occasion.  Dr  Allander  said  to  me,  in  the  course  of 
conversation  that  he  was  utterly  ashamed  to  show  that  letter 
to  the  vestry  as  the  pretext  he  had  urged  for  not  coming  is  so 
preposterously  absurd.  He  informed  me  that  all  the  difficul- 
ties wh  had  arisen  in  the  mind  of  Mr  Sayres,  as  appeared  from 
his  letters,  he  had  seduously  endeavoured  to  remove.  At  first 
Mr  Sayres  seemed  to  be  very  much  pleased  with  the  call  & 
inclined  to  accept  it.  Afterwards,  he  stated  some  doubts  as  to 
the  sufficiency  of  the  salary  for  the  support  of  a  family.  As  to 
this  point  D"^  Allender  immediately  met  &  satisfied  him. Then 
Z   393   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

he  either  did  misunderstand  or  chose  to  misunderstand  D""  Al- 
lender  as  to  the  mode  in  wh  the  salary  was  to  be  raised.  On 
this  point  also  he  was  promptly  satisfied.  Now  after  D"'  All: 
thought  that  all  the  obstacles  to  his  coming  were  removed  & 
his  mind  perfe6lly  contented  with  all  the  arrangements  wh 
had  been  made,  he  suddenly  changes  his  ground  &  tells  him 
that  he  considers  the  circumstance  that  he  was  to  preach  in  the 
Ch:  twice  in  the  day  as  an  insuperable  obje6lion.  This  whole 
mode  of  conducing  the  matter  appears  to  me  too  much  like 
juggling  to  be  practised  by  a  man  of  an  honest  &  liberal  mind. 
I  really  am  very  sorry  that  Mr  Sayres  has  condescended  to  a6l 
in  this  way.  The  fa6l  is,  that  he  &  I  had  talked  over  the  whole 
of  this  matter  while  he  was  here  with  me  &  he  had  made  up  his 
mind  to  accept  the  call  if  presented,  even  if  it  was  no  more 
than  ^looo  a  year.  Why  not  then  candidly  have  embraced  the 
ofi^er  presented  to  him  without  hesitation.  Will  anyone  excuse 
him  for  treating  this  vestry  as  he  has  done.? He  comes  here  on 
his  way  to  Alexandria.  Contrary  to  your  advice  ( it  seems )  con- 
trary to  mine  again  &  again  repeated  contrary  to  that  even  of 
Dr  Allender  himself  as  he  informs  me  he  refuses  to  go  on  to 
that  City  to  fulfill  his  engagements  there.  He  stays  in  this  City 
8  or  lo  days,  is  received  with  the  greatest  cordiality  by  this 
congregation,  goes  from  house  to  house  in  all  of  wh  he  is  ca- 
ressed, seems  himself  delighted,  preaches  again  &  again  for 
them, gives  them  to  understand  that  a  settlement  in  the  ch: 
here  will  be  highly  pleasing  to  him,  alledges  this  as  his  excuse 
for  not  going  to  Alexandria,  commissions  Dr  Allender  to  pro- 
cure the  call  for  him  &  induces  him  so  confidently  to  trust  in 
his  honor  that  he  has  proceeded  to  lengths  in  his  favor  for  wh 
he  cannot  now  justify  himself  to  the  vestry.  And  after  all  this 
will  it  be  believed  that  Mr  Sayres  will  refuse  the  call  ?  If  he 
does  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  he  most  flagrantly  vio- 

c  394 ;] 


FREDERIC  BEASLEY 

lates  every  principle  j^/o/v/J  delicacy  &  propriety  of  condu6t. 
Such  an  a6l  tends  to  sap  that  mutual  confidence  wh  should 
subsist  between  our  Clergy  &  vestries  wh  is  essential  to  the 
welfare  of  the  ch.  How  are  vestries  ever  to  feel  themselves  se- 
cure, if  the  Clergy  consider  nothing  as  binding  on  them  but  a 
written&  legal  contra6l  ?  If  you  have  any  regard  for  Mr  Say  res, 
I  would  entreat  you,  My  Dl  H:  to  exert  yourself  to  prevent 
him  from  taking  a  step  wh  will,  he  may  depend  upon  it,  be  of 
permanent  disadvantage  to  him.  He  has  excited,  I  have  un- 
derstood very  deep  resentment  in  the  minds  of  the  people  of 
Alex:  &  he  will  not  excite  less  resentment  in  the  minds  of  the 
people  here,  if  he  do  not  come,  he  may  be  assured.  An  indig- 
nant voice  begins  already  to  raise  its  murmurs  against  him  & 
the  people  only  want  to  be  made  acquainted  with  the  frivolous 
pretext  on  wh  he  has  declined  coming  to  swell  it  into  a  loud 
&  formidable  tone.  Dr  Allender  remarked  that  he  believed 
that  if  Mr  Sayre's  last  letter  was  shewn  to  the  congregation 
they  would  never  wish  to  hear  him  again.  I  have  not  room  to 
write  to  you  any  more.  My  D'  H :  Would  that  I  could  have  a 
conversation  with  Mr  Sayres !  Do  you  talk  to  him  in  my  place. 
I  believe  I  before  stated  the  reasons  wh  induced  so  earnestly 
to  wish  him  to  come.  I  have  still  stronger  ones  now.  If  he  does 
not  accept  the  call  of  that  vestry  he  does  their  ch:  a  material 
injury. 

Mrs  B.  joins  in  best  remembrance  to  you  M''.  H:  &  family. 
I  suppose  you  know  I  have  a  little  daughter.  Kiss  my  God 
son  for  me  &  all  yr  children  &  believe  me  ever 
yrs  affedlionately 

Frederic  Beasley 

Superscription  : 

Rev  Dr  John  H  :  Hobart  New-York  No  46  Greenwich  St. 

C   3.95   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

Gilbert  Hunt  Say  res. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  December  24,  1810. 

Dr.  Allender. 

Dr.  Allender  was  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  Trinity  Church,  Balti- 
more. 

Frederic  Beas ley's  Godson. 

The  godson  to  whom  Mr.  Beasley  alludes  must  ha\e  been  either  Wil- 
liam Henry  Hobart,  born  May  31,  1804,  or  Dayton  Hobart,  born 
November  6,  1806. 

Maria  Beasley. 

For  notice  see  page  288. 


[  From  Frederic  Beasley  ] 

Baltimore  April  19*  1810. 

My  Dear  Hobart, 

YOUR  clergy  of  New  Y:  seem  to  have  a  strange  idea  of 
the  situation  of  Trinity  ch:  in  this  City.  I  should  be  glad 
if  Mr  Sayres  would  inform  us  in  what  the  peculiar  hazard 
consists  in  taking  charge  of  that  congregation.''  For  my  part 
I  am  unable  to  perceive  any  greater  responsibility  &  diffi- 
culty attending  that  settlement  than  any  other.  That  fewer 
difficulties  would  meet  a  minister  in  building  up  that  con- 
gregation than  in  a  Country  parish  is  perfe61:ly  certain.  A 
number  of  Q/or«  J  respe61able  gentlemen  engage  to  pay  Mr. 
Sayres  a  salary  wh  he  does  not  deny  to  be  adequate  to  his  sup- 
port, a  considerable  number  of  persons  who  have  no  pews  in 
any  Church  &  who  wish  to  take  some  have  agreed  to  take 
them  there  if  Mr  S:  accepts  the  call.  There  is  every  reason  to 
C  396  ] 


FREDERIC  BK\SLEY 

believe  that  under  tlie  labors  of  that  gentleman  the  ch:  would 
grow.  Now  I  should  like  to  know  what  is  the  contingency  in 
this  case  more  than  in  others?  I  am  unable  to  perceive  any. 
On  the  contrary  I  think  it  a  very  eligible  settlement.  So  also 
thought  Mr  S:  when  at  my  house.  He  certainly  gave  me  to 
understand  that  he  would  accept  the  call  if  presented.  He  did 
the  same  with  the  gentlemen  who  bear  rule  in  tliat  ch:  Many 
of  them  made  very  great  exertions  to  interest  the  congrega- 
tion with  him.  He  went  with  them  from  house  to  house  appar- 
ently much  pleased  with  the  idea  of  obtaining  the  call.  He  even 
discovered,  I  thought,  eagerness  to  have  it  offered  to  him. 
And  after  all  this  &  what  I  have  told  you  in  my  last  letter, 
will  any  one  pretend  to  excuse  this  young  gentleman  for  re- 
je6iing  their  call.''  If  these  proceedings  are  consistent  with 
delicacy  &  honor,  some  new  law  must  have  been  inje6ted 
into  the  code  of  casuistry,  since  I  studied  it  with  wh  I  have  no 
acquaintance  &  with  wh  I  never  wish  to  be  made  acquainted. 
As  far  as  my  little  penetration  extends  I  think  Mr  S:  bound 
by  that  solemn  obligation  into  wh  he  enter'd  at  his  ordination 
to  exert  himself  to  the  utmost  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the 
ch:  of  Ch:  to  come  amongst  this  people  after  the  efforts  he 
certainly  made  to  obtain  a  call  from  them.  The  consequence 
of  his  refusing  their  call  will  be  either  the  destruction  of  their 
ch:  or  to  throw  them  into  the  hands  of  some  booby  the  disciple 
of  D:  who  will  never  rest  satisfied,  in  imitation  of  his  Prototype 
until,  in  his  fanatical  rage,  he  has  destroyed  every  vestige  of 
episcopalianism  &  converted  it  into  a  complete  conventicle. 
My  hope  for  that  ch:  will  expire  as  soon  as  Mr  S:  ultimately 
determines  not  to  accept  the  call.  Not  that  there  are  not  other 
young  men  who  would  fill  the  place  with  equal  ability,  as  I 
know  several  in  your  state  who  if  I  am  not  mistaken  would. 
But  after  the  disappointment  the  people  will  sustain  I  fear  they 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

w''  not  be  so  easily  united  in  any  other  person.  I  have  writ- 
ten two  letters  to  Mr  S:  on  this  subje6l  &  he  has  not  honored 
either  of  them  with  an  answer. 

You  may  dire6t  your  letters  to  Mercer,  near  Leesburgh  in 
Virginia.  He  is  at  this  time  much  engaged  in  ele61:ion  busi- 
ness. He  has  offered  himself  as  a  candidate  for  a  seat  in  the 
Legislature  of  that  State  &  is  now  waiting  the  result.  After 
this  matter  is  decided,  I  expe6l  to  see  him. 

How  do  you  come  on.  My  Dear  H :  in  New :  Y :  You  &  How 
are  making  a  mighty  noise  there.  We  poor  souls  with  feeble 
lungs  &  impaired  health,  can  only  crawl  along  at  an  \^tor7i^ 
distance  after  you.  Mind  your  eyes,  however,  I  tell  you  now 
or  else  for  my  part  I  am  detennined  to  outstrip  3'ou.  There 
is  a  great  deal  of  difference  I  can  tell  you  between  preaching 
two  new  Sermons  every  week  &  being  in  a  place  where  I 
have  200  on  hand  &  only  one  in  the  week  to  deliver.  I  never 
before  was  so  sensible  of  the  all-importance  of  the  mere  cir- 
cumstance of  delivery.  Depend  upon  it  with  the  people,  it  is 
truly,  as  was  said  of  it  by  the  Greek  orator,  the  first,  the  sec- 
ond &  the  third  requisite.  Write  to  me  frequently.  Mrs  B  joins 
in  best  remembrance  to  yourself  and  family  with  yr  afFe6l: 

friend 

Frederic  Beasley 

Superscription  : 

Rev?  D"  John  H  :  Hobart  New  York  No  46  Greenwich  St. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Gilbert  Hunt  Say  res. 

See  sketch  wliicli  precedes  liis  letter  of  December  24,  1810. 


C  398  -] 


FREDERIC  BEASLEY 

George  Dashie/I. 

By  D.  is  meant  George  Dashiell,  for  note  on  whom  see  Volume  III, 

page  467. 

Charles  Fen  ton  Mercer. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  94. 

Thomas  Tardley  How. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Elias  Bayley  Dayton  ] 

E.  Town  zo"'  Apl  1810. 

Dear  Sir, 

I  HAVE  received  yours  of  this  day  mentioning  that  you 
should  deposit  to  my  credit  in  the  Brancli  Bank  two  hun- 
dred Dollars  &  I  shall  accordingly  credit  your  account  there- 
for, observing  also  your  instru6lions  with  respe6l  to  lioo  of 
it  which  you  expeft  to  want  about  the  lo*'^  of  May. 

I  conclude  this  to  be  in  heu  of  the  $  1 50  which  you  advised 
me  by  letter  of  the  6^^  Ins'  that  you  would  deposit,  if  other- 
wise please  to  advise  me. 

Your  Plough  will  be  in  readiness  &  also  the  harness,  except 
two  pairs  of  iron  traces  which  you  can  most  advantageously 
procure  already  made  in  New  York,  they  may  be  found  at 
some  of  the  ironmonger's  stores  &  the  price  will  be  about  1/6 
pr.  lb —  they  should  be  6}4  feet  long.  I  shall  attend  next  week 
to  the  payment  of  Smith's  Bond  to  Fountain. 
Yours  sincerely 

E.  B.  Dayton. 

The  Rev"  J.  H.  Hobart. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev?  Doct?  Hobart  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Bnvich  of  the  Ba?ik  of  the  United  States,  New  Tork  City. 
For  notice  see  page  180. 

Mr.  Fountaui. 

From  Mr.  Fountain,  Dr.  Hobart  probably  secured  one  of  the  many 

parcels  of  land  that  made  up  his  Short  Hills  estate. 

C  400  J 


DAVENPORT  PHELPS 

[  From  Davenport  Phelps  ] 

Geneva  May  8.  1810. 

Rev:  &  DEAR  Sir 

MR  Colt  of  this  place,  as  in  years  past,  has  continued 
to  advance  for  my  relief,  whereby  of  course  I  am 
much  indebted  to  to  him.  To  remit  in  part,  I  have  drawn 
on  M''.  Van  Wagenen  for  all  I  was  entitled  to,  but  a  very 
considerable  balance  remains  due  to  M'^C:  I  take  y  liberty 
therefore  to  trouble  you,  beging  you  will  have  the  good- 
ness to  advise  him  respe6ling  any  sum  that  may  have  been 
allowed  me  by  y^  society  for  promoting  religion  and  Learn- 
ing and  in  my  behalf  to  give  him  an  order  for  the  receipt 
of  it. 

Thro  divine  goodness  I  have  been  enabled  to  attend  y'' 
duties  of  my  mission  the  season  past  with  very  little  interrup- 
tion from  ill  health,  tho'  y''  fatigue  of  it  at  times  is  somewhat 
discouraging.  There  is  much  however  to  stimulate  me  in  y^ 
important  work.  In  a  country  where  a  few  years  ago  episco- 
pacy was  hardly  dreamt  of,  where  there  were  only  a  few 
families  of  our  communion,  &  these  unknown  to  each  other, 
&  individually  zvithout  hope,  there  are  now  a  number  of 
churches  some  of  which  have  already  taken  deep  root,  &  oth- 
ers affording  an  agreeable  prospe6l  ( if  they  might  be  ven- 
tured with  a  little  aid)  of  gradually  rising  into  respedl ability. 
Some  alarm  (I  wish  I  could  say  no  malevolence)  has  lately 
appeared  among  our  dissenting  neighbours  in  this  place  & 
at  Honeoy,  which  will  I  am  persuaded  in  its  consequences 
contribute  to  y^  prosperity  &  enlargement  of  our  Chhs.  The 


I  401   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

wrath  of  men  will  not  injure  us.  Wishing  you  every  happiness 
&  blessing  I  am 

Rev:&  d-^Sir 

Your  very  obed  Servf  &  bro'. 

D.  Phelps. 
Rev  :  D"  Hobart 

I  should  be  much  gratified,  could  I  obtain  a  few,  ( say  half 
doz)  Full  length  portrait  of  Calvinism,  to  be  forwarded  by 
Maj:  Colt. 

Superscription  : 

Rev  J  H  Hobart  DD  New  York. 
Major  Colt. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Samuel  Colt. 

Samuel  Colt  was  among  the  earliest  settlers  in  the  village  of  Geneva 
after  it  had  been  laid  out  in  1792.  He  was  a  brother  of  Joseph  Colt, 
who  was  the  pioneer  merchant  in  Canandaigua,  Auburn,  and  Pal- 
myra. He  was  greatly  interested  in  the  development  of  the  village,  and 
active  in  all  its  affairs.  In  May,  1813,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
first  board  of  trustees  of  the  village,  which  had  been  incorporated  June 
8,  1812.  He  was  an  incorporator  of  the  Geneva  Academy,  March  29, 
1813. 

He  was  a  founder  of  Trinity  Church,  although  he  was  not  a  member 
of  the  first  vestry,  chosen  August  16,  1806.  It  was  at  his  house  that 
Bishop  Hobart  ouUined,  on  the  evening  of  September  23,  1818,  his 
plan  for  the  building  up  in  Geneva,  "a  stronghold  for  the  Church 
in  the  West."  There  were  present  Dr.  Orin  Clark,  rector  of  Trin- 
ity, Major  James  Rees,  Thomas  Davies  Burrall,  and  Colonel  Colt. 
Mr.  Burrall,  in  his  "Reminiscences"  of  the  origin  of  Hobart  College, 
published  fifty  years  later  in  "The  Gospel  Messenger,"  says: 

"In  his  quick,  decisive  manner,  he  proceeded  at  once  to  unfold  his 
scheme,  and  point  out  the  way  by  which  it  could  be  effected.  He  pro- 
posed, first,  that  the  Geneva  Academy  already  chartered,  should  be 
C    402    ] 


DAVENPORT  PHELPS 

placed,  by  consent  of  the  Trustees,  under  the  control  of  the  vestry  of 
the  Church  in  Geneva,  and  ele\ated  to  the  rank  of  a  College,  and  by 
enlarging  the  number  of  Trustees  from  thirteen  to  t\\enty-four,  to 
place  the  direction  of  the  College  in  the  hands  of  Churchmen ;  and 
secondly,  he  assured  his  friends  that  on  this  being  done,  the  Dioce- 
san Convention  of  New  York  would  found  and  endow  the  College 
under  the  charter,  as  an  acknowledged  Institution  of  the  Church 
throughout  the  State,  for  the  promotion  of  religion  and  learning  com- 
bined, in  the  broadest  acceptance  of  the  terms."  [il/r.  BurraWs 
Reminiscences ,  as  quoted  in  Dr.  Hayes''  s  History  of  the  Church  in  JFest- 
eni  JK'ew  }'orA;p.  55.^ 

Colonel  Colt  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of  Geneva 
College,  and  very  efficient  in  fostering  and  developing  the  institution. 
He  died  suddenly  in  1834. 

Gerrit  Hubert  Van  Wagenen. 

Gerrit  Hubert,  a  son  of  Hubert  Van  W"agenen,  was  born  in  the  city 
of  New  York,  January  26,  1735.  He  entered  the  counting-house  of 
his  father  when  quite  young,  and  learned  thoroughly  the  hardware 
business.  During  the  Revolution  he  was  a  second  lieutenant  in  Colonel 
McDougall's  regiment,  and  took  part  in  the  expedition  against  Que- 
bec under  General  Montgomery.  He  returned  to  New  York  in  May, 
1776,  in  charge  of  prisoners.  He  offered  his  services  to  General  Sul- 
livan before  the  battle  of  Long  Island.  During  a  reconnoissance  he 
was  taken  prisoner  by  the  British.  After  twenty-two  months  he  was 
exchanged,  and  was  assigned  to  the  commissary  department  with 
the  rank  of  major.  He  Mas  stationed  principally  at  Fishkill  and  West 
Point.  After  the  war  he  resumed  business  v\  ith  his  father  at  No.  5 
Beekman  Slip,  now  33  Fulton  Street.  The  firm  was  one  of  the  larg- 
est and  most  respected  in  the  city.  Mr.  Van  Wagenen  was  a  staunch 
Churchman,  and  was  a  member  of  many  boards  and  societies.  From 
1808  to  1811  he  was  a  vestryman  of  Trinity  Church.  When  St. 
George's  Chapel  was  set  off  as  an  independent  parish  Mr.  Van 
Wagenen  M-as  elected  senior  warden,  and  served  until  1821.  In  that 
year  he  retired  to  his  country  seat  at  Oxford,  Chenango  County, 
New  York.  He  died  November  20,  1835.  Mr.  Van  Wagenen  married 
Sarah  Brinckerhoff",  March  11,  1783. 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

The  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Religion  and  Learning. 
For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  133. 

Honeoye. 

For  mention  see  St.  Paul's  Church,  Allen's  Hill,  page  4. 

John  Bowden's  Portrait  of  Calvinism. 

The  title  of  the  tract  is:  "A  Full-Length  Portrait  of  Calvinism.  By  An 
Old-fashioned  Churchman.  The  second  Edition,  with  Additions  and 
Corrections.  New-York:  Printed  and  Sold  by  T.  h.  J.  Swords,  No. 
160  Pearl-Street.  1809." 

The  author,  Dr.  John  Bowden  of  Columbia  College,  of  whom  a 
sketch  is  given  on  page  270,  considers  systematically  the  tenets  of  John 
Calvin  and  his  followers,  and  compares  them  with  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures and  the  doctrines  held  in  the  Church  of  Christ  from  the  begin- 
ning. In  a  brief  address  "To  the  Reader  "  he  says : 

"The  demand  for  this  little  tract  has  been  so  great,  that  an  impres- 
sion of  one  thousand  two  hundred  copies  went  oft'  in  a  few  weeks.  Sev- 
eral of  the  author's  friends  have  expressed  a  wish,  that  a  second  edi- 
tion may  be  given  to  the  public.  To  gratify  them,  and  to  supply  those 
who  are  almost  daily  applying  for  the  tract,  the  writer  of  it  has  given 
it  a  revisal,  and  made  several,  he  flatters  himself,  additions  of  impor- 
tance. Another  reason  for  this  impression  is,  that  some  have  said,  they 
did  not  believe  Calvin  is  fairly  quoted  ;  or  if  he  is,  that  a  wrong  sense 
of  his  words  is  given  in  the  translation.  The  proper  answer  to  such 
objections  is.  Search  for  yourselves;  and  if  you  find  misquotation,  or 
false  translation,  in  any  degree  affecting  the  sense,  let  the  author  be  ex- 
posed to  public  censure.  But  nothing  like  this  has  been  done,  and  there- 
fore it  may  fairly  be  presumed,  that  nothing  like  it  can  be  done.  Idle, 
however,  as  such  observations  are,  the  author  thinks  it  best  completely 
to  preclude  them  for  the  future;  and  to  that  end,  has  given  the  Latin 
words,  which  were  not  given  before.  He  has  also  translated  them  al- 
most literally,  A\hich  was  not  the  case  in  the  first  edition,  although 
the  sense  was  strictl}^  adhered  to.  Everyone  that  understands  the  lan- 
guage can  now  judge  for  himself;  and  \htfew  who  can  have  recourse 
to  Calvin's  works,  are  bound  eitlier  to  consult  them,  or  refrain  for  the 
future  from  such  improper  intimations. 

"  Theauthor  was,  indeed,  fully  sensible,  th^x^ht  knowing  ones  among 

C  404  J 


DAVENPORT  PHELPS 

the  Calvinists,  would  take  some  short  method  to  prcA'cnt  the  Portrait 
from  making  an  impression  upon  the  minds  of  those  \\\\o  are  disposed, 
but  not  qiiiti'  at  lihcrtij,  to  think  for  themselves.  And  no  method  could 
have  been  shorter  than  to  sa}-,  ^  Calv'ni  is  misquoted  or  mistranslated.' 
What  the  next  shift  v\ill  be,  it  is  not  easy  to  say ;  perhaps,  to  make 
the  old-fashioned  Churchman  himself  a  Calvinist,  as  they  have  made 
Portetis,  Daubeny,  and  Rotheram  Cahinists.  But  if  they  have  ingenuity 
enough  to  do  that,  he  promises  that  he  w  ill  forgive  the  slander,  for  the 
sake  of  the  ingenuity." 


C  405  '] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Parker  Adams  ] 

Waterford  May  12,  i8lo. 

Rev  &  Dear  Sir, 

HAVING  been  absent  from  this  place  for  several  weeks 
I  did  not  receive  your  favour  of  the  1 1'''  ult.  till  yes- 
terday. In  answer  to  which  I  can  say  that  it  would  be  pleas- 
ant to  me  to  visit  Alexandria  with  a  view  to  settling  there. 
But  my  engagements  with  the  parishes  in  this  County  do  not 
expire  till  06lober  next.  Should  circumstances,  at  that  time, 
remain  as  at  present,  I  shall  esteem  it  a  great  favour  to  take 
letters  from  you  to  the  vestry  of  the  Church  in  Alexandria. 
Let  not  what  has  passed  between  us  on  this  subje6l  prevent 
your  applying  to  others. 

I  am  yours  sincerely 

Parker  Adams. 
Rev°J.  H.  Hob  ART 

No  iupencription. 


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DANIEL  NASH 
[  From  Daniel  Nash  ] 

Rev  and  Dear  Sir, 

THE  Books  you  was  so  kind  as  to  send  me  last  year, 
I  have  distributed  and  am  happy  to  inform  you  that 
they  apparently  had  a  good  effect,  as  they  enabled  us  to  per- 
form the  Service  with  more  solemnity.  The  Book  of  Common 
Prayer  is  the  most  useful  Book,  next  to  that,  an  old  Book  en- 
titled, "The  Poor  Man's  Help  and  the  young  Man's  Guide. 
If  this  could  be  distributed,  under  the  recommendation  of 
our  Worthy  Bishop,  (as  it  undoubtedly  would  meet  with  his 
approbation)  it  would  do  so  much  good.  Your  Companion  to 
the  Altar  is  read  by  the  People  of  the  best  information  and 
highly  esteemed  by  them.  If  you  have  Books  on  hand  to  send 
into  the  Country,  I  request  you  to  send  me  some.  No  People 
are  in  more  need  for  vigerous  efforts  are  made  to  shake  the 
faith  of  almost  every  one.  The  Task  before  me  is  unbounded, 
I  am  truely  in  want  of  your  friendship  in  affording  me  all  the 
means  in  your  power  to  disseminate  corre6l  Principles.  It  is 
but  seldom  I  hear  from  the  City,  and  know  but  little  respeft- 
ing  the  state  of  the  Church.  Could  information  be  afforded  it 
would  be  highly  pleasing  to  Rev  and  Dear  Sir 
your  obliged  friend 

Daniel  Nash 

Exeter,  Otsego  County, 
May  12.  1810. 

Superscriptioti: 

Rev  John  H.  Hobart  D.D.  New  York. 
M'.  Jones. 


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ANNOTATIONS 

The  Poor  Man's  Help. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  304. 

Hobart's  Companion  for  the  Altar. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  460,  and  Volume  V,  page  168. 

Mr.  Jones. 

There  are  no  facts  available  to  identify  Mr.  Jones,  presumably  a  resi- 
dent of  Otsego  County. 


[  408   ] 


SETH  HART 

[From  Seth  Hart] 

Hemp1  17'.''  May  1810. 
D-^  B^  HOBART, 

I  HAVE  room  in  my  family  for  i  or  2  boys  &  if  Cap'.  Gil- 
lender  wishes  to  place  one  with  me  &  will  let  me  know 
it  before  I  have  other  applications  I  shall  be  able  to  take  him. 
I  rec'!  your  Magazine  last  evening  &  am  very  glad  to  find 
you  have  begun  your  review  of  that  mischievous  little  thing 
ycleped  "Zion's  Pilgrim." 

I  have  no  patience  with  such  stuff  nor  the  spiritual  pride  of 
its  author  or  abettors. 

Yours 

S.  Hart 
Rev"  J.  H.  Hobart 

Superscription  : 

Rev?  J  H.  [/orx]  46  Gre  [torn] 


ANNOTATIONS 

James  Gillender. 

Captain  Gillender  was  living  at  No.  276  Bowery  in  1810.  He  is  de- 
scribed in  the  Directory  as  a  ship-master.  T\vo years  later  he  is  entered 
as  a  merchant,  with  an  office  at  No.  56  Wall  Street. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine . 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Robert  Hazvker's  Zion's  Pilgrim. 

Robert  Hawker  was  born  in  1753.  For  fifty  years  he  was  vicar  of  the 
Church  of  Charles  the  Martyr,  Plymouth.  He  was  a  leader  of  the 
Evangelical  School  and  highly  esteemed.  His  theology  was  strongly 
Calvinistic.  He  died  in  1827.  A  grandson,  Robert  S.  Hawker,  was 

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the  well-known  vicar  of  Morwenstow.  Dr.  Hawker  is  the  reputed 

author  of  a  popular  version  of  the  hymn, ' '  Lord,  dismiss  us  with  Thy 

blessing." 
Among  his  principal  works  are  : 

Commentary  on  the  Old  and  New  Testaments.  In  ninevolumes.  1816. 
Newedidon.  1842 

The  Poor  Man's  Commentary  on  the  New  Testament.  In  four  vol- 
umes. 1816 

The  Poor  Man's  Commentary  on  the  Old  Testament.  In  six  volumes. 
1822 

Concordance  and  Dictionary  to  the  Bible.  New  edition.  1846 

The  Poor  Man's  Morning  and  Evening  Portion.  New  edition.  1855 

Zion's  Pilgrim.  Fifteenth  edition.  1854 

The  original  edition  of  "Zion's  Pilgrim"  was  published  at  Falmouth 
in  1801.  It  had  gone  through  seven  editions  to  1810.  In  the  United 
States  it  was  first  issued  under  the  title:  "Zion's  Pilgrim.  By  Rob- 
ert Hawker,  D.D.,  Vicar  of  Charles,  Plymouth,  &c.  First  American, 
from  the  seventh  London  edition.  18mo,  pp.  200.  New-York:  Wil- 
liams &  Whiung.  1810."  The  latest  edition  in  the  British  Museum 
is  that  published  in  1842. 

The  following  passages  from  the  review  in  "The  Churchman's 
Magazine,"  volume  vii.  No.  2,  for  March  and  April,  1810,  show  its 
character.  It  is  presimied  that  Dr.  Hobart  wrote  the  review. 

"Bunyan's  'Pilgrim's  Progress,'  for  the  ingenuity  of  the  story,  its 
interesting  incidents,  the  variety  and  consistency  of  its  characters,  the 
simplicity  of  its  style,  and  its  religious  and  moral  tendency,  ranks  high 
as  a  work  of  genius  and  piety.  To  merit  as  a  work  of  genius,  'Zion's 
Pilgrim '  can  lay  no  claim.  It  is  entirely  barren  of  interesting  incidents  ; 
its  characters  are  feebly  dra\\n  ;  and  its  style,  devoid  of  the  spright- 
liness  of  Bunyan,  is  tame  and  insipid.  Our  chief  objection,  however, 
lies  against  its  tendency  as  a  religious  performance.  The  hue  of  Cal- 
vinism occasionally  disfigures  the  '  Pilgrim's  Progress ' ;  but  'Zion's 
Pilgrim'  is  discoloured  by  the  deepest  shades  of  this  gloomy  system. 
Of  the  principles  which  Calvinism  holds  in  common  with  the  ortho- 
dox faith,  Ave  profess  ourselves  as  tenacious  as  its  most  ardent  vota- 
ries. Woe  be  to  us,  if  we  should  glory  in  anything  but  the  cross  of  Chiist: 
if  we  should  strip  the  Saviour,  who  made  atonement  on  it,  of  his  di- 

C  410  ] 


SETH  HART 

vine  honours ;  if  we  should  present  any  hope  of  pardon,  but  his  precious 
blood;  any  means  of  deliverance  from  the  bondage  of  sin,  but  his  all- 
powerful  grace.  We  reject  only  the  heretical  peculiarities  of  Calvin- 
ism. .  .  . 

"The  person  who  styles  himself  'Zion's  Pilgrim,'  begins  his  story 
with  the  recital  of  his  experience.  Happily  separated  by  God's  elect- 
ing and  sovereign  grace,  from  the  '  great  mass  of  unawakened  char- 
acters,'  he  '  pauses  —  in  the  moment  of  recollection,  to  look  back  upon 
the  whirlpool,  in  which  for  many  years,  he  was  hurried  on  by  the 
unceasing  current;  unconscious  of  the  perilous  situation.'  Stop,  my 
good  pilgrim,  thou  hast  dropt  one  unfortunate  \\ord.  How  was  it 
possible  that  thy  situation  could  ever  have  been  ''penlous''?  Talk  of 
the  'perilous '  situation  of  the  elect;  of  those  whom  God  hath  decreed 
from  all  eternity  to  bring  to  everlasting  life!  My  good  pilgrim !  thou 
hast  undesignedly  impeached  the  power  and  the  faithfulness  of  that 
God,  who,  in  bestowing  upon  thee  his  converting  grace,  has  assured 
thee,  that  thou  art  one  of  the  elect ;  and  that  therefore  he  is  pledged 
to  bring  thee  by  his  so\ereign  power  to  e\erlasting  life  !  Will  God 
forsake  his  elect?  Will  he  not  perform  his  promises  to  them?  How 
could  thy  situation  ever  have  been  perilous? 

"One  of  the  weeds  that  first  springs  up  in  a  Calvinistic  soil,  and 
flourishes  with  the  rankest  luxuriance,  \% pride — a  pride  which  shows 
its  boastings  in  the  very  professions  of  humility.  The  elect  are  dis- 
tinguished by  the  peculiar  favour  of  the  Most  High.  Their  salvation 
occupied  the  eternal  counsels  of  the  Godhead.  The  Son  of  God  as- 
sumed human  nature,  suffered,  died,  rose  again,  intercedes  at  the 
right  of  his  Father,  sends  forth  his  Holy  Spirit,  prepares  mansions 
of  glory  for  them;  and  for  them  alone.  The  heart  of  that  man  must  be 
differently  constituted  from  those  of  the  rest  of  our  fallen  race,  who 
can  believe  that  he  is  one  of  these  elect.,  and  at  the  same  time  keep 
down  in  his  bosom  the  emotions  of  spiritual  pride.  Whatever  may  be 
the  case  with  others,  most  certainly  our  '  pilgrim  '  A\as  not  successful 
in  his  struggles  with  this  powerful  foe.  For  \\&  find  him  commencing 
the  recital  of  his  prilgrimage,  with  thanking  God  for  his  electing 
grace." 


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[  Bela  Hubbard  to  Dr.  Beach  ] 

New  Haven  May  ig'""  1810. 

Dear  Sir, 

THE  bearer  is  M""  Isaac  Jones  JiiiT^  A:M:  of  Yale  Col- 
lege with  whom  I  have  been  long  acquainted  &  who 
sustains  a  fair  &  unexceptionable  Chara6ler,  is  deemed  a  good 
Classick  scholar,  is  Orthodox  in  his  Creed  and  I  think  well 
established  both  in  y^  Do6lrine  and  discipline  of  our  Church 
&  if  admitted  to  holy  orders  I  trust  will  promote  its  inter- 
ests. He  brings  with  him  a  certificate  from  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  this  Diocess,  from  the  Re61:or  &  Wardens  of  the 
Church  at  Woodbrige  the  parish  in  which  he  formerly  offi- 
ciated as  a  Congregational  Minister  likewise  a  letter  from 
D'^  Dana  who  with  Mr  Foote  of  Cheshire  who  were  privy  to 
all  that  took  place  between  M''  Jones  and  the  council  and  they 
are  ( as  is  well  known  to  our  brethren  of  y^  Standing  Com- 
mittee) decidedly  of  opinion  that  M'  Jones  has  been  cruelly 
wronged  &  most  unconstitutionally  dealt  by,  by  those  Con- 
gregational Ministers  who  withdrew  their  connexion  from 
him,  dissatisfied  &  sick  of  the  Saybrook platform  he  determined 
to  try  a  better  and  advised  his  parishioners  to  join  the  pro- 
testant  Episcopal  Chh  and  who  accordingly  to  the  Number 
of  50  or  60  families  put  themselves  under  the  cure  of  M"^  Ives, 
&  proceeded  in  conjun6lion  with  a  few  families  who  were 
Episcopalians  to  Ere6l  a  Church  which  within  a  year  was 
completed  in  a  handsome  style  &  at  y  expence  of  between 
3  or  4  thousand  dollars  &  in  whh  now  assemble  a  congrega- 
tion of  5  or  6  Himdred  people  who  respond  like  old  church 
men. 

I  add  further  that  M""  Jones  has  for  more  than  a  year  con- 
stantly attended  the  Service  of  our  Church  has  been  confirmed 
I  412  ] 


HUBBARD  TO  BEACH 

by  the  Bp  of  this  diocess  &  is  a  constant  communicant  in  the 
same. 
With  sentiments  of  esteem  I  am  dear  Sir 

yours  affe6lionately 
RevD"  Beach  Bela  Hubbard. 

Supcncription : 

Rev"  D"  Beach  New  York 
per  M'  Isaac  Jones  Jun' 
New  Haven. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Isaac  Jones. 

Isaac,  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Sybil  (Benjamin)  Jones,  was  born  at  New- 
Haven,  Connecticut,  Februarj-  18,  1775.  His  father  was  a  well-known 
merchant,  and  a  descendant  of  Lieutenant-Go\ernor  William  Jones. 
The  son  was  well  prepared  for  college  by  three  distinguished  Yale 
graduates,  Walter  King,  the  Hon.  David  Daggett,  and  Colonel  Jared 
Mansfield.  He  was  examined  for  the  freshman  class  when  twelve 
years  old,  and  admitted  to  the  college,  but  Avith  the  understanding 
that  he  would  defer  his  entrance  for  a  year.  He  graduated  in  1792. 
He  resided  at  the  college  as  Berkeley  scholar  in  1793  and  1794,  and 
studied  theology  under  Dr.  Edwards  and  Dr.  Dana.  HeA\as  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  West  Association,  October  18,  1796.  His  license  ex- 
pired in  1800,  and  \\as  not  renewed.  In  1802  and  1803  he  was  rector 
of  Washington  Academy,  Wilkes  County,  Georgia.  He  was  licensed 
by  the  Hopewell  Presbytery,  and  soon  after  returned  to  New  Haven. 
He  was  there  ordained  and  installed  June  6,  1804,  as  colleague  to 
the  pastor  of  the  Church  of  Bethany  in  the  to\A'n  of  Woodbridge.  There 
were  some  clergymen  and  people  of  the  parish  who  strongly  opposed 
him.  Upon  the  death  of  Stephen  Hawley,  ^vho  had  been  ordained  and 
installed  in  1763,  and  who  died  in  August,  1804,  Mr.  Jones  became 
pastor.  He  found  himself  involved  in  disputes  and  contests  and  a  more 
violent  opposition  than  before.  His  opponents  brought  the  afi'airs  of  the 
parish  before  the  association,  which  summoned  him  to  appear  and 
answer.  It  is  said  Mr.  Jones  evaded  a  trial  when  finally  arraigned  in 
C  413   ] 


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October,  1806.Atlength,with  those  who  sympathized  with  him,  which 
was  a  majority  of  the  parish,  Mr.  Jones  withdrew  and  formed  an  in- 
dependent congregation.  He  was  then,  December  11,  1808,  formally 
deposed  by  the  association.  In  the  same  year  Mr.  Jones  conformed  to 
the  Church,  as  did  many  of  those  who  had  withdrawn  from  Bethany 
Church.  It  is  understood  that  the  differences  were  both  political  and 
theological.  A  parish  of  the  Church  was  then  legally  incorporated  in 
Bethany,  which  Mr.  Jones  served  as  layreader.  He  was  made  deacon 
by  Bishop  Moore  in  New  York  City,  September  24,  1810.  In  Janu- 
ary, 1811,  he  became  assistant  to  Dr.  Truman  Marsh,  rector  of  St. 
Michael's  Church,  Litchfield,  Connecticut.  In  addition  to  his  duties 
in  the  parish  church  and  visiting  in  a  wide  circuit,  several  places  in  the 
neighbourhood  were  under  his  care.  He  w^as  ordained  priest  by  Bishop 
Hobart,  June  29,  1813.  In  February,  1826,  he  resigned,  but  retained 
his  residence  in  Litchfield,  teaching  a  select  school  from  1827  to  183 1 . 
In  1831  he  became  rector  of  Union  Church,  Hitchcockville.  From  1840 
to  1842  he  was  rector  of  Christ  Church,  Bethany.  He  spent  the  closing 
years  of  his  life  in  Litchfield,  and  was  made  chaplain  of  the  county 
prison.  He  died  May  7,  1850,  in  the  seventy-sixth  year  of  his  age. 

Isaac  Jones  published  several  sermons.  Among  them  was  an  histori- 
cal discourse  delivered  at  Trinity  Church,  Milton,  and  St.  Michael's, 
Litchfield,  November  5, 1845,  in  which  he  gives  fully  the  history  of 
St.  Michael's  and  adjoining  parishes.  It  is  entitled,  "The  Mandate 
of  God  for  Israel's  Advancement." 

Christ  Church,  Woodbridge ,  now  Bethany. 

In  the  parish  of  Bethany,  in  the  town  of  Woodbridge,  Connecticut, 
many  friends  of  Isaac  Jones  followed  him  into  the  Church  in  1808. 
A  parochial  organization  ^vas  formed  under  the  title  of  Christ  Church. 
A  church  was  built,  which  was  consecrated  by  Bishop  Jarvis,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1810.  Reuben  Ives  of  Cheshire  was  the  rector  for  many 
years.  At  a  meeting  held  November  6,  1809,  a  vote  was  passed  re- 
commending Mr.  Jones  "  as  a  person  worthy  and  well  qualified  for  a 
Gospel  Minister  in  the  Episcopal  Church." 

James  Dana. 

James,  a  son  of  Caleb  and  Phcebe  (Chandler)  Dana,  was  born  at  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  May  11,  1735.  He  graduated  from  Harvard 

C   414  ^ 


HUBBARD  TO  BEACH 

College  in  1753,  and  studied  theology  and  literature  at  the  University 
of  Edinburgh.  In  1758  he  w  as  invited  by  the  Congregational  Church 
and  Society  of  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  to  be  their  minister.  James 
Dana  had  adopted  the  more  liberal  views  known  as  "New  Light," 
and  was  not  acceptable  to  many  of  the  older  and  more  distinguished 
ministers  of  Connecticut.  When  the  ordaining  council  was  called  there 
were  protests  against  the  theology  of  Mr.  Dana,  and  a  meeting  of  the 
Consociation  of  New  Haven  was  held  in  connection  with  that  of  Hart- 
ford, M'hich  considered  him  unorthodox  and  decreed  that  the  pastoral 
relation  be  dissolved.  Mr.  Dana  had  already  been  ordained,  and  the 
greater  part  of  the  society  refused  to  acknowledge  the  authority  of 
the  Consociation.  A  building  known  as  the  Wells  Meeting-house 
was  built  for  those  who  agreed  with  the  Consociation,  and  they  ^vere 
made  a  separate  society  by  the  name  of  Wells.  The  "Wallingford 
Controversy  "  was  long  a  bone  of  contention,  and  many  ministers  and 
churches  held  no  felloMship  with  Mr.  Dana,  until  finally,  in  1772, 
discussion  of  Mr.  Dana  and  his  doctrine  ceased,  and  the  Wallingford 
Church  was  received  into  communion  again,  and  its  pastor  preached 
in  the  pulpits  of  those  who  had  opposed  him.  His  pastoral  work  en- 
deared him  to  the  people,  and  his  sermons  ^^'ere  noted  for  their  intel- 
lectual depth  and  beauty  of  diction.  He  Avas  a  firm  patriot,  and  ser- 
mons by  him  during  the  Revolution  had  a  marked  effect  in  encourag- 
ing those  who  were  engaged  in  the  conflict.  In  1785  Mr.  Dana's  health 
made  a  colleague  necessary,  and  James  Noyes  was  ordained  in  May 
of  that  year.  In  1789  James  Dana,  who  had  recei\'ed  the  degree  of 
doctor  of  divinity,  removed  to  New  Haven,  where  he  became  minister 
of  the  First  Church,  vacant  by  the  death  of  Dr.  Chauncey  Whittlesey. 
At  his  installation,  April  20,  1789,  there  was  a  discussion  of  theological 
questions  between  him  and  Dr.  Jonathan  Edwards,  a  son  of  the  famous 
New  England  theologian,  and  himself  noted  for  his  kno^^•ledge  of 
philosophy  and  theology.  Dr.  Dana  won  the  high  regard  of  all  ^\ho 
knew  him,  and  lived  on  friendly  terms  with  his  ministerial  brethren. 
In  1 804  he  was  compelled  by  severe  illness  to  give  up  all  work  for  some 
months. Moses  Stuart,  afterwards  the^^"ell-kno^vn  professor  of  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  took  his  place.  The  young  man  \Aas  so  success- 
ful that  the  Church  wished  him  to  become  the  colleague  of  the  pastor. 
Upon  his  refusal  to  accept  that  position  Dr.  Dana  was  retired,  m  ithout 
his  consent,  and  Mr.  Stuart  installed ;  the  actual  dissolution  betw  een 
C   415   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Dr.  Dana  and  the  society  being  in  December,  1805.  Dr.  Dana  spent 
the  remaining  years  of  his  life  in  quiet  and  in  study.  He  died  at 
New  Haven,  August  18,  1812,  in  the  seventy-eighth  year  of  his  age. 
Dr.  William  B.  Sprague  says  of  him  in  his  "Annals  of  the  American 
Pulpit,"  volume  i,  page  569: 

"When  I  entered  Yale  College  in  1811,  Dr.  Dana  was  a  regular 
attendant  at  the  public  service  on  the  Sabbath,  in  the  College  chapel. 
I  recollect  him  as  the  mere  shadow  of  a  man,  tall,  slender,  and  in  his 
general  appearance,  more  ghostly,  than  any  human  being  I  remem- 
ber to  have  seen.  He  used  to  sit  in  the  pulpit  with  Dr.  Dwight,  and 
I  believe  pretty  uniformly  took  part  in  the  Communion  service.  His 
prayers  were  remarkably  solemn,  reverential,  and  impressive.  The 
only  other  public  service  I  ever  heard  from  him  was  the  Charge  at 
the  ordination  of  Mr.  Taylor,  which  was  pertinent  and  excellent,  and 
seemed  almost  as  if  he  were  speaking  it  from  out  of  his  grave.  I  had 
never  but  one  inter\'iew  with  him,  and  my  recollection  of  him  then 
is  that  he  was  extremely  bland  and  courteous." 
Professor  James  L.  Kingsley  says  on  the  same  page: 
"Dr.  Dana,  I  always  thought,  had  more  talents  than  appeared  from 
his  publications.  The  circumstances  in  which  he  Avas  early  placed, 
led  him  to  be  cautious  in  his  language ;  and  habit  so  confirmed  him 
in  an  indefinite  style  of  writing,  that  his  preaching  ordinarily  made 
but  little  impression  on  an  audience.  He  sometimes  preached  in  the 
College  chapel; — and  I  have  often  remarked  that,  for  the  first  third 
of  his  sermon,  he  would  gain  the  attention  of  the  students;  for  the 
second  third,  it  would  be  difficult  to  say  a\  hether  he  retained  it  or 
not; — and  for  the  last  third,  he  would  lose  it  entirely.  His  sermons 
had  a  plan ;  but  a  large  part  of  his  audience  Avould  scarcely  perceive 
it,  and  were  soon  lost.  Dr.  Dana  continued  to  write  sermons  as  long 
as  he  preached.  Old  sermons  he  probably  sometimes  reproduced; 
but  this  he  did  seldom.  For  the  sermons  he  had  once  delivered,  —  cer- 
tainly for  many  of  them,  he  seemed  to  care  little.  If  the  fire  was  fail- 
ing, I  have  seen  him,  to  restore  it,  use  a  sermon  or  sermons.  If  thetime 
for  tea  had  arrived,  and  the  tea-ketde  had  not  boiled,  he  would  some- 
times send  a  sermon  into  the  kitchen,  and  perhapswith  the  remark, 
—  'it  will  boil  now.'  He  was  the  best  textuarij  I  have  ever  known. 
He  would  not  only  refer  at  once  any  text  to  its  proper  place,  but  if 
I  asked  what  were  the  words  in  any  book,  chapter,  and  verse  of  the 


HUBBARD  TO  BEACH 

Bible,  he  would  general))-  answer  correctly.  When  he  had  sold  or 
given  away  his  Concordance  to  a  yoinig  clergyman,  and  some  sur- 
prise was  expressed  at  his  doing  it,  —  I  remember  he  put  a  finger  to 
his  forehead,  and  said  sportively,  —  'My  best  Concordance  I  have 
retained.' " 

Among  his  publications  are: 
A  Sermon  on  the  death  of  John  Hall,  1763 
An  Examination  of  Edwards  on  the  Will.  Two  parts,  1770-73 
An  Election  Sermon,  1779 

A  Sermon  on  the  tragical  exit  of  William  Beadle,  &c.,  1782 
Yale  College  subject  to  the  General  Assembly  (anonymous),  1784 
A  Discourse  on  the  death  of  President  Stiles,  1795 
A  Thanksgiving  Sermon,  1805 
Sermons  to  Young  People,  1806 

John  Foote. 

John,  a  son  of  Captain  John  and  Abigail  (Frisbie)  Foote,  was  born  at 
North  Branford,  Connecticut,  April  2,  1742.  He  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  1765.  He  studied  theology  with  Samuel  Hall  of  Cheshire. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  New  Haven  Association,  Maj-  27, 
1766.  He  received  an  invitation  to  become  minister  of  Mt.  Carmel 
Congregational  Church,  but  declined.  In  September,  1766,  he  was 
called  as  colleague  to  his  old  preceptor  at  Cheshire.  At  least  one  fourth 
of  the  congregation  opposed  him,  some  on  the  ground  that  Mr.  Hail 
did  not  need  a  colleague,  and  others  from  dislike  to  the  personal  ap- 
pearance of  Mr.  Foote  and  also  to  his  doctrine.  He  was  ordained  b}'  the 
New  Haven  Consociation,  March  12,  1767.  His  career  was  marred 
by  the  bitter  words  and  actions  of  those  who  had  objected  to  his  or- 
dination. He  soon  succeeded  to  the  pastorate.  He  died  at  Cheshire, 
August  30,  1813,  in  his  seventy-second  year.  In  November,  1767, 
Mr.  Foote  married  Abigail,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Samuel  Hall,  the 
pastor  of  Cheshire.  They  had  nine  children,  five  daughters  and  four 
sons.  Mrs.  Foote  died  November  19,  1788.  He  married  for  a  second 
time,  Eunice,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail  Hall,  and  a  third  cousin 
of  his  first  wife.  She  died  January  31,  1819,  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight 
years.  Three  of  his  sons  graduated  from  Yale  College.  His  youngest 
son,  Samuel  Augustus,  was  representative  in  Congress  in  1819, 1 823, 
and  1833;  speaker  of  the  Connecticut  Assembly  in  1825  and  1826; 

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United  States  Senator  from  1827  to  1833.  It  was  the  resolutions  intro- 
duced by  him  in  the  course  of  a  debate  upon  a  protective  tariff  that  led 
to  the  famous  debate  between  Roljert  Young  Hayne  of  South  Carolina 
and  Daniel  Webster  of  Massachusetts.  In  1834  he  was  elected  gov- 
ernor of  Connecticut.  Governor  Foote's  son,  Andrew  HuIlFoote,  was  an 
admiral  in  the  United  States  Navy  in  the  early  years  of  the  Civil  War. 

Reuben  Ives. 

Reuben,  a  son  of  Zachariah  Ives,  was  born  at  Cheshire,  Connecti- 
cut, October  26,  1762.  He  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1786.  He 
wasmadedeacon  by  Bishop  Seabury,  September  21,  1786.  During  his 
diaconate  he  remained  with  the  Bishop  as  assistant  in  St.  James's 
Church,  New  London.  He  was  ordained  priest  by  Bishop  Seabury, 
February  24,  1788,  and  at  once  took  charge  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Cheshire.  He  gave  one  third  of  his  time  to  Wallingford  and  North 
Haven.  In  1795  St.  Peter's  was  enlarged.  He  was  a  promoter  and 
supporter  of  the  Episcopal  Academy.  Dr.  Beardsley,  in  his  sermon 
at  the  reconsecration  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  February  24,  1876,  says 
on  page  234 : 

"It  is  a  good  place  to  mention  now  that  it  was  in  this  parish  that 
early,  if  not  the  earliest,  steps  in  Connecticut  were  taken  to  introduce 
the  practice  of  chanting  and  singing  of  anthems,' — steps  which  were 
met  elsewhere  at  first  with  strong  and  very  decided  objections.  Under 
the  guidance  of  the  rector,  whose  graceful  memorial  has  been  erected 
here  to  remind  you  of  his  fidelit}^  and  long-continued  service,  the  young 
of  the  congregation  were  collected  and  trained  in  this  species  of  sacred 
music ;  and  soon  the  jjarts  prescribed  in  the  Prayer  Book  to  be  '  said 
or  sung,'  the  anthems  and  doxologies,  were  loved  as  much,  when 
musically  rendered,  as  the  metrical  psalms  and  hymns." 

Probably  his  intimacy  with  Dr.  William  Smith  the  younger,  who 
was  sometime  principal  of  the  academy,  and  who  sought  by  his  pen 
and  works  to  introduce  chanting  in  the  American  Church,  was  one 
reason  why  it  was  introduced  at  Cheshire. 

After  more  than  thirty  j-ears  of  hard  work  he  resigned  his  parish,  but 
retained  his  residence  in  Cheshire.  He  then  gave  his  attention  to  \arious 
parishes  in  New  Haven  County,  often  bringing  them  to  a  state  of  high 
efficiency  from  a  low  and  dying  condition.  He  died  at  Cheshire,  Octo- 
ber 14,  1836,  having  nearly  reached  the  age  of  seventy-four  years. 
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SUSAN  INGRAHAM 

SUSANNA,  or  as  she  commonl}' called  herself,  Susan,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  Hon.  William  and  Mary  (Brown)  Greenleaf  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  She  married  Captain  Duncan  Ingraham,  Jr.,  of  Bos- 
ton, July26,  1774.  They  spent  some  j^ears  of  their  married  life  abroad, 
l)rincipall3-  in  Holland.  Upon  their  return  they  settled  in  Philadelphia. 
Previous  to  the  year  1790  tliey  removed  to  the  new  city  of  Hudson, 
New  York.  In  1795  Captain  Ingraham  purchased  a  farm  near  Pough- 
keepsie,  which  he  namedGreen  vale.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  staunch 
Church  people,  and  brought  up  their  children  devoutly.  They  were 
members  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie.  Captain  Ingraham  died 
June  16,  1804,  in  the  fifty-second  year  of  his  age.  Mrs.  Ingraham 
died  February  24,  1832.  She  has  the  disdnction  of  being  the  mother- 
in-law  of  Bishop  Chase  and  the  grandmother  of  Bishop  Kip. 

They  had  twelve  children: 

Duncan,  born  April  25,  1775.  He  married  May  3,  1806,  Mary  E. 
De  Costa,  a  daughter  of  the  British  consul  at  Calcutta,  India,  He 
died  in  that  city,  June  16,  1831.  They  had  six  children. 

Susan  (Sukey),  born  October  27,  1776;  died  October  14,  1777. 

William,  born  Augusts  1,  1778  ;  killed  by  Indians  at  Nootka  Sound, 
December  25,  1802. 

Susan  Coburn,  born  May  4,  1780.  She  married  March  23,  1816, 
Dr.  Samuel  Perry.  She  died  at  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1841.  They  had  two  children. 

John,  born  March  14,  1782;  died  March  17,  1782. 

Sophia  Mav,  born  February  3,  1783,  at  Amsterdam,  Holland.  She 
married  July  4, 1819,  Philander  Chase.  She  died  in  December,  1864, 
They  had  three  children. 

Maria,  born  November  17, 1784.  She  married  December  12,  1809, 
Leonard  Kip.  She  died  May  26,  1877,  at  Albany,  New  York.  They 
had  six  children. 

George, lx)rn  Septemberl,  1786.  He  married  April  16,  1821,  Clarissa 
Parsons  of  Kingston,  New  York.  He  died  May  17,  1830. 

Charlotte,  born  Julv  25,  1788.  She  married  July  24,  1815,  Colonel 
Edward  Pope.  She  died  April  4,  1865,  at  New  Bedford,  Massachu- 
setts. They  had  three  children. 

Henry  E.,  born  at  Hudson,  New  York,  November  31,  1790.  He  mar- 
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ried  July  19,  1815,  Content,  a  daughter  of  William  Wilson.  He  died 
December  20,  1852. 

Eliza,  born  June  13, 1793.  She  married  December  28,  1824,  J.  N. 
Jansen.  She  died  in  1869. 

Frances  Greenleaf,  born  August  26,  1796,  at  Poughkeepsie,  New 
York.  She  married  February  13,  1827,  Dr.  William  Sparrow. 


[  From  Susan  Ingraham  ] 

Rev°M"J.  H.  Hobart 
Sir, 

THE  inclosed  originals  from  the  subjects  I  have  been  in- 
duced to  offer  for  insertion  in  the  Churchman's  Maga- 
zine. Should  they  prove  acceptable  I  have  others  on  serious 
subje6ls  that  I  will  occasionally  forward.  If  not,  though  the 
suppression  might  a  little  mortify  it  would  not  offend,  as  I 
should  know  to  place  the  refusal  to  a  just  cause.  They  are  the 
amusements  of  retirement  &  were  never  intended  for  the 
public  eye  &  with  real  diffidence  are  now  submitted,  tho'  the 
writer  will  be  unknown. 

Though  personally  a  stranger  to  M'  Hobart  I  will  not  with- 
hold my  name,  but  subscribe  myself  with  respe6t. 
His  sincere  well  wisher 

&  Obed^  Ser^'. 

Susan  Ingraham 

Pough^  May  23'' 

Superscription: 

Rev?  John  Hen^'  Hobart,  New  York. 

Fav^  by 
M'  Reade. 


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SUSAN  INGRAHAM 


ANNOTATIONS 


The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

John  Reade. 

For  notice  see  \'^olume  IV\  page  474. 


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[  From  James  Chapman  ] 

Perth  Amboy  June  1 1  "i"  I  8 1  o. 

Dear  Sir, 

IT  will  be  very  agreable  to  me  to  excliange  with  you  on 
the  1*^'  Sunday  after  Trinity,  as  you  have  proposed.  In  my 
Church,  morning  service  begins  at  about  ii  O'Clock;  after- 
noon service  at  about  3.  I  mention  the  hours  of  service  so  that 
you  may  make  your  arrangements  as  you  find,  will  be  most 
convenient.  If  the  day  should  be  rainy,  you  need  not  officiate 
in  the  afternoon;  if  you  are  desirous  of  returning  home  the 
same  day.  M'.  Bell  desires  that  you  will  favor  him  with  your 
company  during  your  stay  in  Amboy.  M?B.  particularly  re- 
quested me  to  ask  you  to  bring  M':?  Hobart  with  you.  I  hope 
that  you  will  find  it  convenient  to  come  here  on  Saturday,  that 
you  may  have  an  opportunity  of  seeing  some  of  my  people 
and  of  conversing  with  them  about  Church  affairs,  &c.  I  trust 
that  you  will  find  your  visit  to  this  place,  very  pleasant. 
I  am  very  respe6ffully  and  sincerely.  Yours  &c 

J.  Chapman. 

Superscription: 

Rev.  Di?  John  H.  Hobart  No  :  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York 


ANNOTATION 

Andrew  Bell. 

Andrew,  a  son  of  John  Bell,  was  born  at  Philadelphia,  June  4, 1757. 
His  father  was  formerly  an  officer  in  the  British  Army,  but  became 
a  resident  of  Philadelphia  before  1750.  The  son  studied  laM'  under 
Cortland  Skinner,  attorne3'-general  of  the  province.  At  the  beginning 
of  the  Revolution  he  joined  the  British  Army,  and  to\xard  its  close 
was  one  of  the  private  secretaries  of  Sir  Henry  Clinton.  After  the 
war  he  made  his  home  at  Perth  Amboy.  He  was  a  vestryman  of  St. 
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JAMES  CHAPMAN 

Peter's  Church  from  1787  to  1808,  and  warden  from  1809  to  1842. 
In  1800-01  he  ^\■as  collector  of  customs  for  the  port  of  Perth  Amboy. 
From  1804  to  1842  he  was  surveyor-general  of  the  board  of  proprie- 
tors of  New  Jersey.  He  was  a  delegate  from  St.  Peter's  Parish  to  the 
Diocesan  Convention  from  1797  to  1816,  and  its  secretary  for  five 
terms.  He  was  a  member  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  diocese  for 
many  years,  and  deputy  from  New  Jersey  at  three  sessions  of  the 
General  Convention.  He  died  June  4,  1843,  having  fully  completed 
eightv-six  years  of  earthly  life.  Upon  his  monument  in  the  church- 
yard, near  the  south  corner  of  the  church,  is  this  inscription : 

ANDREW  BELL DIED  JUNE  4,  1 843.  AGED  86  YEARS. 

SUSANNA  BELL,  WIFE  OF  ANDREW  BELL, 
DIED  JULY   19,  1847,  AGED  92  YEARS. 

The  Hon.  William  Paterson  says  of  him  in  the  Reprints  of  the  Journals 
of  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey,  page  83:  "  He  was  a  man  of  courtly 
appearance  and  manners,  very  affable  and  kind,  and  on  that  account 
a  great  favorite  a\  ith  young  people,  of  sanguineous  temperament  and 
complexion,  of  average  height,  and  inclined  to  corpulencj- ;  hospitable 
and  fond  of  company,  quick  to  anger,  but  without  a  particle  of  malice. 
He  was  methodical  and  bright  in  all  business  transactions,  charitable, 
and  more  liberal  to  others  than  to  himself,  and  died  without  enemies, 
leaving  a  goodly  record,  and  inheritance.  He  became  a  thorough  Ameri- 
can and  patriot  in  his  political  opinions,  and  an  enthusiastic  optimist 
as  to  the  future  of  the  Republic,  voting  three  times  for  Andrew  Jack- 
son and  twice  for  Martin  Van  Buren  for  President." 


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[  James  Dewar  Simons  to  Nathaniel  Bowen  ] 

Charleston  27''' June  1 8 10. 

Dear  Sir, 

IT  gave  me  very  great  pleasure  to  hear  from  you,  by  the 
arrival  of  M''  M'^Call.  Your  residence  out  of  the  City  at 
this  season  must  be  very  pleasant,  as  the  heat  in  New  York 
is  nearly  as  great  as  the  heat  here.  I  very  earnestly  hope  that 
you  may  find  your  situation  in  New  York,  in  every  respe6l 
more  eligible  than  it  was  here.  There  can  be  no  doubt,  that 
your  people  will  show  you  the  greatest  afFeftion  &  respe6l,  in 
many  respects  the  climate  is  preferable,  &  in  time  the  soci- 
ety will  become  \^torn'2  interesting,  as  that  you  have  left. 

We  have  very  little  passing  here  that  can  interest  you.  Our 
"Protestant  Episcopal  Society  for  the  advancement  of  Xity" 
has  prospered  beyond  our  utmost  expe6lations.  We  adopted 
an  Address  &  Constitution,  a  Copy  of  which  I  send  you  & 
printed  looo  copies  for  distribution  through  the  City  &  State. 
We  have  already  200  Members  nearly,  &  expe6l  to  have 
more.  A  subscription  was  opened  in  the  Vestry  room  of  S'. 
Michael's  after  morning  service  on  Sunday  &  60  names  were 
entered  on  the  list.  I  have  not  seen  so  much  spirit  manifested 
in  the  Members  of  our  Church,  before.  And  from  the  informa- 
tion we  have,  the  Country  Parishes  will  cheerfully  lend  their 
aid.  It  may  perhaps  prove  the  means  of  reviving  the  attach- 
ment of  the  People  to  our  Church.  At  any  rate  we  shall  have 
about  I1500  pr  an  to  apply  to  the  obje6ls  of  the  institution. 
The  Bible  Society  has  likewise  commenced  its  operation,  but 
has  not  received  equal  encouragement.  An  Address  prepared 
by  Christopher  was  adopted  by  the  Committee,  in  prefer- 
ence to  the  Addresses  by  D'^  Furman  &  M'  Flinn.  They  were 
appointed  to  prepare  an  address,  &  each  of  them  wrote,  so  we 

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SIMONS  TO  BOWEN 

had  to  ballot  for  the  one  we  most  approved  of.  When  it  is  pub- 
lished you  shall  have  a  copy.  There  are  found  several  who 
are  opposed  to  the  Bible  Society,  for  fear  of  its  occasioning  a 
disturbance  among  the  Negroes,  &  others  think  it  is  intended 
to  aid  the  cause  of  faderalism.  It  W^  seem  the  Democrats  fear 
the  distribution  of  the  Bible. 

We  have  no  domestic  intelligence  that  will  interest  you. 
Among  the  deaths,  is  Ml"  Humis.  She  died  a  week  ago.  No 
marriages,  &  every  thing  pretty  much  in  Statu  Quo.  To  one 
who  has  lived  a  length  of  time  in  any  Society,  almost  every 
little  occurrence  becomes  interesting,  so  that  if  I  should  pick 
up  the  news  of  the  town  for  you,  now  &  then,  you  must 
not  find  fault  with  me.  Our  friend  Paul  has  undertaken  D'' 
Dehon's  duty,  Chrisf  &  myself  preaching  alternately  every 
afternoon  at  S'  Michael's. 

I  have  just  recovered  from  a  severe  attack  of  Nervous  fever, 
&  feel  not  a  little  worsted.  You  may  congratulate  yourself  on 
having  left  the  Country  for  fevers.  In  New  York  I  trust,  you 
will  have  no  such  unpleasant  companions. 

Harley  with  myself  desire  to  be  very  affectionately  remem- 
bered to  M'"''  Bowen.  Your  children  I  hope  enjoy  their  health. 

It  will  give  me  very  sincere  pleasure  to  hear  from  you. 
Your's  very  sincerely 

J.  D.  Simons. 

Superscription  : 

Revo  M«  Bowen  New  York 

Favoured  by 

Tho'  ChifFello  Esq' 


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ANNOTATIONS 

John  McCall. 

Jolin,  a  son  of  John  and  Martha  (Hext)  McCall,  was  born  at  Charles- 
ton, South  Carolina,  March  20,  1741.  The  family  were  members 
of  St.  Philip's  Church,  A  son,  John  A.  McCall,  was  a  well-known 
physician  in  Charleston. 

The  Protestant  Episcopal  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Chris- 
tianity in  South  Carolina. 

The  first  suggestion  that  a  society  was  needed  which  M'ould  advance 
the  interests  of  the  Church  in  South  Carolina  is  said  to  have  been  made 
by  Nathaniel  Bowen,  when  he  was  rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Charleston.  Men  like  James  Dewar  Simons,  Christopher  Edwards 
Gadsden,  Paul  Trap ierGervais,  Frederick  Dalcho,  Robert  Hazlehurst, 
Thomas  S.  Grimke,  Charles  Kershaw,  and  others  like-minded  took  it 
up,  canvassed  the  city  of  Charleston  and  neighbouring  parishes,  and 
found  that  many  were  ready  to  join  such  an  organization.  A  meeting 
of  those  interested  was  called  in  April,  1810,  when  officerswere  elected 
and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  prepare  and  circulate  an  address  to 
the  Churchmen  of  the  State.  This  with  the  constitution  was  pub- 
lished in  "  The  Churchman's  Magazine"  for  May  and  June,  1810, 
on  page  208  and  following  pages. 

It  was  prefaced  with  a  few  words  of  commendation  and  an  extract 
from  the  letter  of  Mr.  Simons  to  Dr.  Bowen.  This  passage  from  the 
address  is  of  interest : 

' '  The  '  pure  and  undefiled  religion'  of  the  gospel  is  the  most  valuable 
gift  which  the  Almighty  has  bestowed  upon  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth.  This  religion  Episcopalians  enjoy  in  all  its  perfection ;  and  they 
cannot  be  too  thankful  to  its  adorable  author  for  the  sound  faith,  the 
useful  and  happily  combined  orders  of  ministry,  and  the  rational,  de- 
cent, holy  forms  of  worship  with  which  their  Church  is  distinguished. 
But  it  is  a  very  important  part  of  that  beneficence,  which  every  man 
owes  to  his  fellow-men,  and  a  highly  becoming  expression  of  that  grati- 
tude, which  everjr  Christian  owes  peculiarly  to  God,  to  extend,  as  far 
as  he  is  able,  the  enjoyment  of  the  religious  advantages  with  which  he 
himself  is  blessed.  Actuated  by  this  sentiment  were  the  members  of 
the  venerable  society,  to  whose  pious  and  benevolent  exertions  many  of 
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the  Churches  in  this  country  owed  their  origin  ;  and  under  whose  patron- 
age they  advanced  to  maturity,  and  became  parents  of  others;  many 
of  which  are  now  flourishing,  though  some  are  fallen  asleep.  The 
same  benevolent  principle  is,  in  our  age,  giving  birth  to  many  soci- 
eties, which  propose  to  themselves  similar  objects,  ho\\ever  diversified 
their  modes  of  operation.  Amidst  the  convulsions,  strifes  and  carnage, 
for  which  the  age  is  distinguished,  it  is  the  pleasantest  relief  which 
the  mind  of  the  Christian,  and,  may  we  not  say,  of  the  philanthropist, 
can  find,  to  turn  from  the  scenes  of  contending  warriors,  and  confused 
noise,  and  behold  the  mild  spirit  of  the  religion  of  the  Redeemer  ex- 
citing his  disciples  to  establish  institutions,  and  amplj-  endow  them, 
for  informing  the  minds,  alleviating  the  miseries,  increasing  the  vir- 
tues, and  promoting  the  salvation  of  the  children  of  men.  Upon  these 
institutions  the  eye  rests  M'ith  delight.  They  are  as  sun-beams,  break- 
ing here  and  there  through  the  dark  and  portentous  clouds  which  hang 
over  the  world.  Around  them  will  be  found  the  softest  light,  Mith  which 
the  future  historian  will  relieve  the  shades  of  the  pages  on  \\  hich  he 
shall  exhibit  the  events  of  our  day.  While  it  is  thus  delightful  to 
behold  the  operations  of  Christian  benevolence  for  the  promotion  of 
faith,  and  virtue,  and  happiness  among  mankind,  shall  the  members 
of  our  Church  be  cold  or  inactive,  when  they  have,  in  the  increasing 
population  of  the  state,  the  difficulty  of  procuring  Clergymen,  and  the 
melancholy  decay  of  several  once  flourishing  Churches,  such  power- 
ful incitements  to  generous  exertions?" 

The  address  is  dated  Charleston,  June  4, 1810,  and  is  signed  by 
Theodore  Dehon,  chairman,  James  Dewar  Simons, Paul  Trapier  Ger- 
vais,  Christopher  E.  Gadsden,  William  Doughty,  John  Ball,  Robert 
Dewar,  Charles  Kershaw,  and  Robert  Hazlehurst. 

The  object  of  the  society  is  declared  bv  the  constitution  to  be  "the 
promotion  of  Christian  knowledge,  learning  and  piety  in  this  State." 

Its  affairs  were  to  be  managed  by  a  board  of  trustees,  consisting  of 
a  president,  corresponding  secretary,  recording  secretary,  and  twelve 
others.  The  duties  of  the  board  are  thus  defined  in  a  further  article 
of  the  constitution,  on  page  212  of  the  same  issue: 

The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  meet  at  the  least  four  times  a  year, 

and  as  much  oftener  as  the  interests  of  the  Societ}-  shall  require.  It 

shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  direct  the  recording  Secretary 

to  notify  the  members  of  the  board  of  the  time  and  place  of  every 

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meeting.  They  shall  have  the  care  of  the  Society's  funds  and  other 
property.  They  shall  have  power,  according  to  their  discretion,  and 
as  the  funds  of  the  Society  will  allow,  to  distribute  copies  of  the  Bible, 
the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  useful  religious  tracts,  and  other  works 
of  approved  reputation  —  to  send  forth  missionaries  to  those  places 
where  there  is  ground  for  the  expectation,  that  their  labours  will  be 
successful  in  spreading  the  truths,  and  cultivating  the  virtues  of  the 
gospel  —  to  take  by  the  hand  youths  of  genius  and  piety,  who  need 
the  fostering  aid  of  benevolence,  and  are  meet  to  be  trained  up  for 
the  ministry  of  the  Church,  and  see  that  they  be  properly  educated 
for  the  sacred  office — and,  in  general,  to  adopt  such  measures,  and 
carry  them  into  effect,  as  in  their  best  judgment  they  shall  deem  good 
and  practicable,  for  the  accomplishment  of  the  purposes  of  the  Society. 
In  the  absence  of  the  President,  the  Vice-President  shall  preside  at  the 
board ;  and  in  the  absence  of  both,  a  Chairman  pro  tempore  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  members  present." 

The  society  went  actively  to  work  under  the  guidance  of  Dr.  Dehon 
and  Mr.  Simons.  When  Dr.  Dehon  became  Bishop  of  the  diocese 
he  found  in  the  Advancement  Society  a  very  efficient  aid  in  his  plans 
for  reviving  the  Church  in  South  Carolina.  In  the  report  of  the  society 
presented  January  6,  1821,  it  is  stated  that  in  the  eleven  years  of  its 
existence,  it  had  distributed  two  hundred  Bibles,  one  thousand  and 
sixty-four  prayer  books,  three  hundred  copies  of  Porteus's  "Evi- 
dences," four  hundred  and  t^\■enty-three  copies  of  Nelson's  "Chris- 
tian Sacrifice, ' '  and  seven  thousand  four  hundred  and  ninet}'-one  tracts. 
It  gives  this  detail  of  its  missionary  ^\  ork  during  the  year : 
"It  having  been  ascertained,  that  a  Parish  had  been  organized  and 
incorporated  before  the  Revolution,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State, 
near  the  North-Carolina  line,  by  the  name  of  St.  DavicPs  Parish,  the 
Board  felt  it  their  dutj'^,  to  procure,  early  in  the  year,  a  Clergyman 
to  visit  that  Parish,  as  their  Missionary;  to  investigate  its  actual 
state  and  circumstances,  and,  if  possible,  re-organize  it.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Fowler  was  accordingly  induced  to  undertake  the  mission,  and  offici- 
ate at  Chatham  for  one  year  ;  provision  being  made  for  his  expenses, 
according  to  the  best  ability  of  the  Board.  The  report  of  Mr.  Fowler 
gives  the  result  thus  far  of  his  enterprise,  and  affords  encouragement 
to  hope,  that  it  has  not  been  undertaken  in  vain.  He  represents  that 
Vestrymen  and  Wardens  were  duly  elected  at  Easter :  that  the  build- 
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ing,  ■which  is  ascertained  and  admitted  to  have  been  erected  for  the 
uses  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  will,  by  the  voluntary  sub- 
scription of  indi\iduals,  be  repaired,  and  that  a  Clergyman  stationed 
there,  might  soon  happily  restore,  in  the  minds  of  the  people,  the  know- 
ledge and  love  of  the  Church,  which  have  now  for  so  long  a  season  been 
absent  from  them.  He  further  represents  the  people,  among  whom  no 
minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church  had  been,  since  the  revolution,  as  at- 
tentive to  the  service  of  the  Church,  and  seeming,  by  the  seriousness 
and  propriety  with  A\hich  they  partook  in  it,  to  wish  to  catch  its  spirit. 
He  thinks  they  are  disposed  to  follow  the  counsel  and  pastoral  instruc- 
tion of  any  prudent  and  pious  minister,  who  might  be  induced  to  take 
the  charge  of  them  upon  him.  Mr.  Fowler's  term  of  arduous  service 
at  Chatham  ha\  ing  expired,  the  Board  are  desirous  to  employ  another 
Clergyman,  on  the  same  mission,  whenever  a  suitable  person,  \\illing 
to  undertake  this  duty,  can  be  procured. 

"The  Rev.  Mr. Folker  was  engaged  in  March  last,  to  visit  as  a  Mis- 
sionary of  the  Society,  the  villages  of  Pendleton  and  Greenville  and  the 
parts  adjacent.  He  performed  a  Missionary  tour  of  six  weeks,  satisfac- 
torily to  the  Board,  and  reported  favourably  of  the  prospect  of  the  es- 
tablishment of  congregations  at  the  two  above  named  places.  Within 
a  few  weeks,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dickinson,  having  been  approved  by  the 
Board,  in  consequence  of  his  producing  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority 
of  the  Diocess,  ample  Canonical  testimonials  from  the  Eastern  Diocess, 
has  been  appointed  the  Society's  Missionary  for  a  season,  atthose  places 
and  the  South-Carolina  Armoury  ;  at  each  of  which,  as  appeared  by 
regular  official  information,  transmitted  to  the  Bishop,  congregations 
had  been  formed,  by  means  of  Mr.  Dickinson's  labours,  as  early  as  in 
June  last." 

What  was  done  in  1 820  has  been  done  faithfully  ever  since,  as  need 
required.  The  society  is  now  in  its  second  century,  but  still  vigorous 
and  active. 

The  Charleston  Bible  Society. 

No  particulars  concerning  this  organization  are  available. 

Christopher  Edzvards  Gadsden. 

"Christopher"  was  Christopher  Edwards  Gadsden.  At  this  time  he 

had  recentl)-  returned  from  Virginia,  where  on  April  14,  1810,  he  had 

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been  ordained  priest  in  Bruton  Parish  Church  by  Bishop  Richard 
Channing  Moore.  A  sketch  of  Bishop  Gadsden  will  precede  his  letter 
of  March  21,  1822. 

Richard  Fur  man. 

Richard  Furman  was  born  at  Esopus,  New  York,  in  1755.  When 
he  was  very  young  his  father  removed  to  the  high  hills  of  Santee  in 
South  Carolina,  where  he  pursued  profitably  his  profession  as  a  sur- 
veyor. He  was  also  the  prothonotary  for  the  section  of  the  state  in  which 
he  lived.  The  young  Richard  was  carefully  brought  up,  and  was  in- 
structed thoroughly  by  his  father  in  the  common  English  branches, 
mathematics,  and  especially  grounded  in  the  English  version  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  At  an  early  age  he  gave  indications  of  his  regard  for 
religion,  and  as  he  grew  up  began  to  fit  himself  for  the  holy  ministry. 
The  family  were  conscientious  members  of  a  Baptist  Church.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  Mr.  Furman  was  allowed  to  preach  by  the  Baptist 
Association  of  the  state.  He  soon  showed  his  intellectual  force  and  ar- 
dent piet}^  The  spiritual  destitution  of  that  part  of  South  Carolina  was 
pitiable.  He  found  a  \\'arm  welcome  wherever  he  went,  and  established 
many  congregations  of  the  Baptist  faith  and  order. 

His  work  w^as  interrupted  by  the  invasion  of  South  Carolina  by  the 
British  Army,  which  made  it  unsafe  for  patriots  and  compelled  many 
churches  to  be  closed.  Mr.  Furman  was  an  ardent  American,  and  took 
every  possible  occasion  to  uphold  and  plead  the  cause  of  the  former 
colonists.  During  the  Revolution  he  lived  with  his  family  in  North 
Carolina  and  Virginia,  preaching  every  Sunday,  and  attracting  many 
of  the  prominent  men  of  Virginia  by  his  eloquence.  He  returned  to 
his  former  home  at  Statesburg,  South  Carolina,  Avhen  the  British  left 
the  state,  and  was  received  with  much  respect  and  affection. 

In  1787  he  became  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Charleston.  In 
this  position  he  attained  great  eminence,  and  took  an  influential  part 
in  public  affairs.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 
of  South  Carolina  in  1790.  He  was  the  chosen  orator  of  the  Society 
of  the  Cincinnati  upon  the  death  of  Washington,  and  his  voice  was 
heard  at  many  meetings  for  civic  and  social  purposes.  Under  him 
the  growth  of  the  congregation  Mas  rapid.  He  was  president  of  the 
first  Baptist  Convention  for  the  United  States,  held  in  1814.  He  died 
August  25, 1825,  at  the  age  of  seventy  years. 
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SIMONS  TO  BOWEN 

His  friend,  Dr.  William  B.  Johnson  of  Edgefield,  South  Carolina, 
says  of  him  in  Sprague's  "Annals,"  volume  vi,  page  163: 

"  As  a  Christian,  the  bearing  of  Dr.  Furman  w  as  pre-eminently  that 
of  a  man  of  God,  who  set  the  Lord  always  before  him,  ordering 
his  conversation  aright,  and  acting  under  the  solemn  conviction, — 
'  Thou  God  seest  me.''  The  religion  of  this  good  and  great  man  was 
truly  a  spiritual,  practical  religion,  under  whose  iniiuence  he  was 
careful  to  maintain  good  works,  thus  letting  his  light  shine  before 
others  w  ith  no  false  or  doubtful  lustre.  Indeed,  so  eminent  \\'as  he  for 
exemplary  piety  and  holy  li\ing,  that  the  w  hole  city  held  him  in  ven- 
eration. The  ungodly  stood  abashed  in  his  sight,  and  the  profligate 
carefully  hid  his  iniquities  from  his  view.  A  member  of  a  bacchanalian 

part)'  once  said  to  his  fellows  in  debauch, —  '  Suppose  Re\'.  Mr. 

should  enter  the  room,  would  you  be  restrained?'  'No,'  was  the  re- 
ply. The  names  of  other  ministers  of  the  city  were  mentioned,  with 
the  like  inquiry,  and  with  the  like  negative.  Last  of  all.  Dr.  Fur- 
man's  name  was  mentioned  in  the  same  way,  when  the  universal 
exclamation  Mas — 'Yes,  Dr.  Furman  would  restrain  us — we  could 
not  stand  lus  presence.'  It  was  no  unfrequent  remark  that,  if  good 
works  could  save  a  man,  the  good  works  of  Dr.  Furman  would 
assuredly  secure  Jum  admission  into  Heaven." 

Dr.  Furman  published : 
Rewards  of  Grace  conferred  on  Christ's  Faithful  People:  A  Sermon 

delivered  in  Charleston,  on  occasion  of  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Oliver 

Hart,  1796 
An  Oration,  delivered  at  the  Charleston  Orphan  House  before  the 

Intendant  and  Wardens  of  the  city,  the  Board  of  Commissioners, 

and  a  large  Assembl}'  of  the  Benefactors  of  the  Institution,  1796 
Humble  Submission  to  Divine  Sovereignty,  the  Duty  of  a  Bereaved 

Nation  :  A  Sermon  commemorative  of  General  Washington,  1800 
A  Sermon  on  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Eklmund  Botsford,  1819 

Andrew  Flinn. 

Andrew  Flinn  was  born  in  Maryland  in  1773.  When  he  was  only 
a  year  old  his  parents  removed  to  Mecklenburg  County,  North  Caro- 
lina. His  father  died  \\  hen  he  was  t\\elve  years  old,  leaving  his  mo- 
ther A\ith  six  small  children,  and  little  money  or  other  resources  for 

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their  support  or  education.  By  much  hard  Avork  she  was  able  to  give  to 
each  a  fair  education  and  see  them  well  placed  in  life.  Andrew  showed 
Avhen  young  that  his  mind  was  of  a  superior  character.  Friends  en- 
couraged him  to  study  and  promised  him  their  aid.  He  pursued  a 
course  in  the  classics,  science,  and  mathematics  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  James  Hall.  He  entered  the  University  of  North  Carolina,  where 
he  maintained  a  high  standing,  and  graduated  in  1799. 

He  then  commenced  his  theological  preparation  for  the  ministry 
under  the  supervision  of  the  Presbytery  of  Orange,  and  was  licensed 
to  preach  in  1800.  For  some  months  he  was  at  Hillsborough,  where 
his  ability  and  eloquence  were  recognized.  In  January,  1803,  he  was 
called  to  Fayetteville  as  a  supply,  but  the  congregation  was  so  much 
pleased  with  him  that  he  was  duly  called,  ordained,  and  installed  as 
pastor.  By  his  firmness  he  corrected  the  practice  which  had  prevailed 
of  administering  baptism  in  private,  and  in  April,  1804,  the  first 
public  baptism  of  children  took  place. 

The  double  duty  of  minister  and  teacher  —  for  he  was  obliged  to  open 
a  school  to  maintain  himself — broke  down  his  health,  and  in  the  fall 
of  1805  he  went  to  Camden,  South  Carolina,  where  he  organized  and 
built  up  a  large  Presbyterian  Church.  He  then  went  to  Williamsburg 
District  and  revived  the  Churches  at  Bethel  and  Indiantown.  Upon  a 
visit  to  Charleston  he  preached  in  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church 
several  times.  His  manner  and  matter  were  well  chosen,  and  the  elo- 
quence with  which  he  adorned  them  was  so  attractive  that  his  hearers 
determined  he  must  remain  in  the  city.  A  subscription  was  commenced, 
and  a  new  church  was  built  in  the  upper  part  of  the  city  at  a  cost  of  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars.  While  it  was  building  Dr.  Flinn  gathered 
a  congregation,  which  met  in  a  vacant  Methodist  Church.  It  was 
duly  incorporated  as  a  Presbyterian  Church.  The  new  edifice  was 
opened,  and  Dr.  Flinn  was  installed  April  4,  1811.  His  reputation 
grew  rapidly,  and  he  became  widely  known  both  in  the  North  and 
South,  and  his  parish  had  a  rapid  and  healthy  growth.  In  1812  he 
was  moderator  of  the  General  Assemblv  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  died  February  24,  1820,  in  the  forty-eighth  year  of  his  age. 

Dr.  Flinn  married  Martha  Henrietta  Walker.  They  had  one  daugh- 
ter, who  married  the  Rev.  John  Dickson.  Mrs.  Flinn  died  in  1808. 
He  married  for  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Eliza  Grimball,  the  widow  of 
John  Grimball,  by  whom  he  had  no  children.  His  friend,  Dr.  A.  W. 
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Leland  of  the  Columbia  Theological  Seminary,  says  of  him  in  Sprague's 
"Annals,"  volume  iv,  page  277: 

"In  his  personal  appearance  Dr.  Flinn  was  both  attractive  and  com- 
manding in  a  high  degree.  Dignity  and  mildness  characterized  his 
wliole  deportment.  Though  rather  below  the  ordinary  height,  his 
presence  always  commanded  profound  respect.  His  voice,  his  manner 
and  countenance,  were  most  pleasing  and  persuasive.  Probably  his 
powerful  eloquence  in  the  pulpit  hardly  produced  more  salutary  im- 
pressions, than  the  kindness  of  his  manner,  and  the  charm  of  his  social 
intercourse. 

"As  a  preacher,  he  was  distinguished  by  earnestness,  solemnity, 
and  pathos.  He  maintained  and  vindicated  the  doctrines  of  grace  \\ith 
singular  boldness  and  ability.  He  was  thoroughly  a  Presbyterian  of  the 
old  school.  The  all-absorbing  object  of  his  ministry  \\as  to  awaken 
the  consciences  of  men,  and  lead  them  to  the  Saviour.  The  Cross  and 
the  Judgement  Seat  were  ever  prominently  presented.  In  his  pastoral 
labours,  in  private  lectures  and  prayer  meetings,  his  w  hole  heart  was 
evidently  engaged  to  save  the  souls  committed  to  his  charge.  Hence, 
as  might  be  expected,  the  attachment  of  his  flock  was  most  devoted ; 
while  his  afiection  for  them  ^\■as  manifested,  not  only  by  his  untir- 
ing labours  to  promote  their  spiritual  good,  but  by  a  prompt  rejection 
of  se\'eral  o\'ertures  to  induce  his  removal  to  most  advantageous 
situations. 

"In  his  attendance  upon  the  judicatories  of  the  Church,  Dr.  Flinn 
was  faithful  and  exemplarv.  Whether  he  was  found  in  the  General 
Assembl} %  or  the  meetings  of  Synods  and  Presbyteries,  his  personal 
influence,  his  judicious  counsels,  and  his  glowing  zeal,  were  always 
highly  appreciated. 

"I  may  say  with  confidence  that  Dr.  Flinn  was  exceedingly  endeared 
to  all  who  were  brought  near  to  him.  He  was  a  most  sincere  and 
faithful  friend,  and  would  always  be  on  the  alert  to  serve  you  by  any 
means  in  his  power.  In  his  relations  to  the  community,  he  was  be- 
nevolent, public  spirited  and  actively  useful, — making  it  evident  to 
all  that  he  had  learned  to  live  not  for  himself  alone.  He  was  particu- 
larly distinguished  for  his  liberality  and  zealous  advocacy  in  sustain- 
ing all  the  benevolent  institutions  of  the  Church." 

Dr.  Flinn  published: 
A  Sermon  occasioned  by  the  death  of  the  Hon.  Judge  Wilds,  de- 
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livered  by  the  Desire  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Bar  of  Charleston, 

1810 
A  Sermon  preached  at  the  Dedication  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 

Church,  Charleston,  1811 
A  Sermon  commemorative  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Keith,  1814 

Mrs.  Hum  is. 

The  printed  records  of  St.  Michael's  Church  and  St.  Philip's  Church 

do  not  contain  the  name  of  this  lady. 

Paul  Trapier  Gervais. 

"Paul  "  was  Paul  Trapier  Gervais.  A  sketch  of  him  is  given  in  Vol- 
ume V,  page  293. 

Theodore  Dehoji. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  535. 

Harleston  Simons. 

"Harley"  wasHarleston,  the  wife  of  James  Dewar  Simons.  See  sketch 

of  her  husband,  Volume  V,  page  363. 

Margaret  Boweti. 

Nathaniel  Bowen  married  Margaret,  a  daughter  of  John  Blake  of 
Charleston,  in  1805.  They  had  ten  children,  of  whom  only  four  sur- 
vived the  father. 

Nathaniel  Bowen. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  542. 

Thomas  Chiffelo. 

Dr.  Henry  Chiffelo  was  for  many  years  pastor  of  the  French  Huguenot 

Church  in  Charleston.  It  is  probable  that  Thomas  «'as  his  son. 


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JOSEPH  JACKSON 

[  From  Joseph  Jackson  ] 

Bethlehem,  Sund.  Morning. 

My  dear  Friend, 

I  SEIZE  a  few  moments  of  this  blessed  morn  to  inform  you 
where  &  how  I  am.  I  arrived  here  yesterday  about  four 
o'clock;  &,  thank  God,  am  better  in  a  degree.  The  lime-stone 
water  agrees  with  my  health,  as  the  strangeness  &  pleasant- 
ness of  every  thing  here  delights  my  mind.  The  view  from 
the  Church  &  the  steeple,  after  what  had  gratified  me  within 
the  sacred  edifice  itself,  was  surprizing  &  even  exhilarating  & 
transporting  to  a  disposition  so  formed  &  habituated  as  mine. 
A  particular  description  I  need  not  give  to  yoii  who  have  seen 
&  enjoyed  the  whole.  This  afternoon  I  expe6l,  relu6lantly  to 
proceed  on  my  way ;  &  if  I  am  able  to  sit  to  a  pen  a  few 
minutes,  you  will  hear  of  me. 

The  water  at  Schooley's  Mountains  was  refreshing,  &,  I 
conceived,  beneficial  to  me;  but  the  wild  scenery  of  the  place 
must  I  think  be  nearly  as  efficacious  to  a  stranger  as  the  qual- 
ity of  the  water.  As  a  fountain,  it  is  nothing  to  the  chalybe- 
ate in  my  neighbour.  The  gas  must  be  lost  from  the  feeble- 
ness of  the  stream.  What  is  more  to  the  purpose,  &  more 
congenial  to  the  hour,  the  fraternal  union  which  appears 
here,  from  a  company  o{  brethren  dwelling  together  at  unity, 
is  salutary  to  me  above  most  things.  It  is  even  already  more 
ravishing  than  the  many  exquisite  prospe6ls  which  I  have  en- 
joyed upon  this  route  agreeably  to  what  you  told  me.  How 
extremely  did  I  miss  it,  in  not  coming  up  this  way  at  first! 
If  I  am  spared  to  visit  my  friend  at  Short-Hills  again,  I  shall 
surprize  him  by  suddenly  appearing  from  behind  the  moun- 
tains. 

You  will  see  by  the  change  of  ink,  where  I  was  interrupted 

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by  a  visit  from  my  Moravian  guide;  who  called  to  accompany 
me  to  Church.  Most  affe6lionately,  J.  J. 

P.S.  M!  Smith  begs  his  respe6ls  to  you. 

Monday,  2  o'clock,  p.m. 

I  am  now  at  Sellars's  Tavern;  upon  the  German  Town  road 
about  1 3  miles  from  Philad^ ;  which  I  hope  to  reach  to-night. 
I  wait  here  for  dinner,  to  enjoy  a  favorite  glass  of  lime-stone. 
The  heat  has  been  excessive;  but  still,  thank  God,  I  am  able 
to  travel — though  with  difficulty.  The  prospeft  of  reaching 
my  poor  parish  in  time,  &  retrospe6l  upon  what  I  have  en- 
joyed upon  this  route  —  of  your  kind  choosing,  contribute 
jointly  to  support  me.  One  remark  I  cannot  suppress,  in  writ- 
ing to  you,  that  the  Moravians,  from  what  I  have  observed, 
are  rather  intent  upon  a  popular  line  of  condu6l  &  an  accom- 
modating language,  than  remarkable  for  a  just  appreciation 
of  that  Episc!  Order  which  they  hold  pre-eminently  above 
many  of  those  denominations  who  w'j  no  doubt  be  glad  to 
reduce  them  to  a  level  with  themselves.  The  Bishop  was 
absent,  &  I  saw  the  officiating  minister  of  the  day  only  in 
company  with  others:  so  that  I  could  have  no  particular 
conversation.  You  may  be  able,  from  a  nearer  &  completer 
acquaintance  with  them,  to  say  whether  I  am  right. 

Dinner  is  on  the  table  &  waiting:  therefore,  adieu  for  the 
present.  With  kind  remembrance  requested  to  M'.'  H.  I  am. 
Rev.  &  very  dear  Sir,  your  truly 

afl'eftionate  friend 

Superscription:  JoS.  JaCKSON 

The  Rev?D'!  Hobart,  City  of  New- York. 

Endorsement : 

J.  Jackson.  I  8  10.* 

*The  letter  is  undated,  but  from  the  endorsement  we  know  it  was  written  IniSio,  and  as  the  visit 
to  Bethlehem  was  probably  in  the  summer,  the  letter  is  placed  among  the  July  letters  of  18 10.  Ed. 

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JOSEPH  JACKSON 


ANNOTATIONS 


Bethlehem ,  Pennsylvania. 

This  town  is  on  the  Lehigh  River,  five  miles  east  of  Allentown  and 
fift}-five  miles  north  of  Philadelphia.  It  was  founded  in  1740  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Unitas  Fratrum,  otherwise  known  as  Moravians,  and  w  as 
the  parent  setdement  in  America.  Here  they  established  schools  for 
boys  and  girls.  They  lived  in  strict  seclusion  from  the  world,  but  from 
this  centre  sent  forth  missionaries  to  the  Indians,  whose  work  \\as 
greatly  blessed.  The  schools  have  educated  many  ^vho  afterwards 
became  distinguished. 

Schooley's  Mountain. 

The  tillage  of  Schooley's  Mountain  is  in  Washington  township, 
Morris  County,  New  Jersey,  and  eighteen  miles  from  Morristow  n. 
The  mountain  belongs  to  the  ridge  on  the  western  border  of  Morris 
County,  which  forms  a  part  of  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountain  range.  Its 
ele\ation  abo^'e  the  sea  level  is  twelve  hundred  and  sixtj-eight  feet. 
It  derives  its  name  from  a  family  who  once  owned  a  large  portion  of 
it.  For  more  than  a  hundred  j'ears  it  has  been  the  summer  home  for 
many  from  New  York,  Philadelphia,  and  other  cities. 

Thomas  F.  Gordon  gives  this  description  of  the  spring  on  page  234 
of  his  ' '  Gazetteer  of  New  Jersey  : ' ' 

"The  spring  is,  in  strictness,  a  rill  which  issues  from  a  perpendicu- 
lar rock,  having  an  eastern  exposure,  between  40  and  50  feet  above 
the  level  of  a  brook,  which  gurgles  over  the  stones,  and  foams  down 
the  rocks  in  the  channels  beneath.  A  small  wooden  trough  is  adapted 
to  the  fissure,  so  as  to  convey  the  \\  ater  to  a  platform  \\  here  the 
visitors  assemble,  and  to  the  structure  containing  the  baths.  The 
temperature  of  the  water  is  56°  F. ,  being  6°  warmer  than  the  spring 
water  nearest  the  summit.  The  fountain  emits  about  30  gallons  per 
hour;  which  quantit}^  does  not  vary  with  any  change  of  season  or 
weather.  The  water,  like  other  chalybeates,  leaves  a  deposit  of  oxi- 
dized iron  as  it  flows,  M'hich  discolours  the  troughs,  baths,  and  even 
the  drinking  vessels.  The  bare  taste  and  appearance  shows  that  it  is 
a  chalybeate  ;  and  it  is  strongly  characterized  by  the  peculiar  astrin- 
gency  and  savour  of  ferruginous  impregnations.  Though  remarkably 

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clear  when  first  taken,  the  water  becomes  turbid  upon  standing  for 
some  time  in  the  open  air,  and  after  a  long  interval,  an  iridescent 
pellicle  forms  on  its  surface.  Ochre  and  other  indications  of  iron  are 
dispersed  extensively  through  the  surrounding  rocks  and  soil.  Iron 
ore  is  so  plentiful  in  the  vicinity  that  furnaces  are  worked,  both  in 
the  eastern  and  western  district  of  the  chain,  and  much  of  the  ore  is 
magnetic.  Grey  limestone  is  found  at  the  base  of  the  hills  and  along 
the  valleys." 

Mr.  Smith. 

Unless  Mr.  Smith  is  a  son  of  Robert  Smith  of  Philadelphia,  there  are 
no  particulars  available  concerning  him.  A  list  of  the  children  of 
Robert  and  Rebecca  (Hobart  [Potts] )  Smith  is  given  in  Volume  II, 
page  119. 

Sellers'  Taver?i. 

The  ELditor  is  indebted  to  William  Ives  Rutter,  Jr.,  the  secretary  of 

the  Church  Historical  Society,  for  the  following  particulars: 

Sellers'  Tavern  was  situated  on  the  Bethlehem  turnpike,  about  twelve 
miles  northwest  of  Doylestown,  in  Bucks  County.  It  was  established  in 
the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century  by  Samuel  Sellers,  who  kept 
it  for  many  years.  It  became  a  place  of  considerable  importance,  for 
the  Bethlehem  pike  was  one  of  the  great  highways  and  a  thorough- 
fare for  passengers  and  goods  between  the  Lehigh  region  and  Phil- 
adelphia. In  1799  the  troops  sent  to  quell  the  John  Fries  rebellion 
rendezvoused  there.  In  1820  the  post-office,  "Sellers'  Tavern,"  was 
established,  and  Thomas  Sellers  was  appointed  postmaster.  This  name 
was  retained  until  1866,  when  it  was  changed  to  Sellersville,  Avhich 
is  the  present  appellation,  the  village  having  grown  up  around  the 
tavern. 


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CHARLES  STEWART 

CHARLES,  the  fifth  son  of  the  Earl  of  Galloway,  was  born  at 
Galloway  House,  Wigtonshire,  Scotland,  April  13, 1775.  Hewas 
educated  at  home  by  private  tutors  until  he  entered  the  Uni\ersity  of 
Oxford.  He  graduated  in  1799,  and  was  made  a  fellow  of  All  Souls' 
College.  Upon  his  ordination  in  1799  hewas  presented  to  the  living 
of  Orton  Longueville  and  Botolph  Bridge,  near  Peterborough.  It  had 
been  his  intention  to  become  a  missionary  in  India  after  a  few  years 
of  ^vork  in  England.  While  his  plans  were  in  abeyance,  he  attended 
a  meeting  of  the  Venerable  Society,  where  he  heard  such  a  doleful 
account  of  the  work  in  Canada  that  he  offered  himself  to  the  Society 
and  was  gladly  accepted.  He  was  stationed  at  St.  Armand,  ^\•here 
three  clergymen  had  laboured  without  any  result  in  the  seven  years 
from  1800  to  1807. 

Upon  his  arrival  at  the  litde  village  in  October,  1807,  the  landlord 
of  the  inn  told  him  that  not  very  long  before  a  preacher  had  come  to 
settle  there,  who  after  a  very  short  time  found  the  people  so  wicked  and 
abandoned  that  he  would  not  remain,  and  left  in  despair.  "Then," 
said  Mr.  Stewart,  "  this  is  the  very  place  for  me;  here  I  am  needed; 
and  by  God's  grace  here  I  will  remain,  and  trust  to  Him,  in  whose 
hand  are  the  hearts  of  all  people,  for  success." 

His  first  service  was  held  at  the  inn,  with  a  small  attendance.  But 
his  evident  sincerity,  his  hearty  sympathy  with  them,  his  plain  and 
direct  manner  of  speech  won  upon  the  people  until  the  congregation 
became  too  large  for  the  inn,  and  the  school-house  was  secured.  Mr. 
Stewart  found  that  his  influence  over  the  community  was  increasing, 
and  soon  he  projected  the  building  of  a  church,  which  was  approved. 
The  congregation  gave  according  to  its  ability,  and  Mr.  Ste\\art  soli- 
cited money  from  friends  in  England  and  in  other  parts  of  Canada, 
In  1809  a  church  was  built  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  mission,  which 
soon  had  a  congregation  of  a  thousand  persons.  The  communicants 
increased  from  six  to  forty-four,  and  sixty  persons  were  confirmed  in 
1809.  His  work  comprised  a  large  territory,  and  on  some  of  his  mis- 
sionary tours  he  held  a  service  almost  everyday  in  different  settlements. 
In  1811  a  large  church  was  built  and  opened  in  the  western  part  of 
the  mission.  These  two  churches  were  the  onlv  provision  made  for  the 
religious  needs  of  a  population  of  forty  thousand  persons.  When  in 
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1815  he  finally  took  his  proposed  journey  to  England,  he  spent  nearly 
two  years  there  pleading  the  cause  of  Canada,  and  secured  from  his 
friends  a  fund  of  t\\  enty-three  hundred  pounds,  with  which  assist- 
ance was  given  in  building  twenty-four  churches  in  the  poorer  set- 
tlements. Upon  his  return  in  1817  he  secured  a  capable  missionary 
for  St.  Armand,  and  removed  to  Hatley  in  the  eastern  portion  of  the 
Eastern  Township.  There  conditions  were  even  more  forlorn  than 
at  St.  Armand.  On  the  part  of  the  missionary  there  was  the  same  per- 
sistence and  quiet,  effective  work  as  before.  Bishop  Mountain  made 
a  visitation  of  Hatley  in  1819,  and  thus  reports  to  the  Venerable  So- 
ciety the  conditions  under  which  Mr.  Ste^vart  laboured,  as  given  in 
Pascoe's  "Two  Hundred  Years  of  the  S.  P.  G.,"  page  145 : 

' '  I  found  him  in  occupation  of  a  small  garret  in  a  wooden  house, 
reached  by  a  sort  of  ladder,  or  something  between  that  and  a  stair- 
case:  here  he  had  one  room  in  which  were  his  little  open  bed,  his 
books  and  his  writing  table  —  ever3^thingof  the  plainest  possible  kind. 
The  farmer's  family,  who  lived  below,  boarded  him  and  his  ser- 
vant. Soon  after  my  arrival  I  was  seized  with  an  illness,  and  he  im- 
mediately gave  me  up  his  room  and  made  shift  for  himself  in  some 
other  part  of  the  house,  how  I  know  not.  And  here,  buried  in  the 
woods,  and  looking  out  upon  the  dreary  landscape  of  snow — some 
thousands  of  miles  away  from  all  his  connexions,  many  of  whom 
were  among  the  highest  nobility  of  Britain — this  simple  and  single- 
hearted  man,  very  far  from  strong  in  bodily  health,  Mas  labouring  to 
build  up  the  Church  of  God  and  advance  the  cause  of  Christ  among 
a  population,  who  were  yet  to  be  moulded  to  anything  approaching 
to  order,  uniformity  or  settled  habit  of  any  kind  in  religion  —  utter 
strangers  to  the  Church  of  England,  with  I  believe  the  exception  of 
a  single  family,  and  not  participants  in  the  great  majority  of  instances 
of  either  of  the  Sacraments  of  the  Christian  religion." 

It  is  understood  that  at  this  time  Dr.  Stewart  and  his  servant  were 
living  on  a  dollar  a  day,  and  he  had  limited  his  personal  expenses  to 
two  himdred  and  fifty  pounds  a  year  that  he  might  give  the  rest  of 
his  income,  four  hundred  pounds,  "to  public  and  private  beneficial 
purposes." 

In  1819  he  was  made  visiting  missionary  for  the  Diocese  of  Quebec. 

In  the  course  of  this  work  he  went  throughout  Upper  and  Lower 

Canada,  organized  many  new  parishes,  built  churches,  and  obtained 

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missionaries  for  them.  It  was  a  position  which  would  tax  severelj-  the 
strength  and  endurance  of  any  one  now,  but  in  those  primitive  days, 
when  the  roads  were  few  and  bad,  the  discomfort  and  fatigue  were 
greatly  increased.  Bishop  Mountain,  who  had  been  a  faithful  pioneer 
Bishop,  died  June  16,  1825.  Dr.  Stewart  was  nominated  as  his  suc- 
cessor, and  was  consecrated  January  1,  1826,  at  Lambeth,  by  Charles 
Manners  Sutton,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  assisted  by  Bishops 
Howley,  Van  Mildert,  and  Bloomfield. 

Bishop  Stewart  now  stood  in  a  new  relation  to  his  brethren  who  had 
previously  gi\en  him  their  love  and  esteem.  The  ten  years  of  his 
episcopate  were  years  in  which  the  Church  in  Canada  increased 
rapidlv.  The  Bishop  was  the  chief  missionary,  and  under  him  peace, 
contentment,  and  quietness  prevailed.  He  died  at  London,  England, 
July  13,  1837,  in  the  sixty-second  year  of  his  age.  Henry  J.  Morgan, 
in  his  "Sketches  of  Celebrated  Canadians,"  saysof  himon  page  256  : 
"Bred  as  the  son  of  the  Earl  of  Galloway,  in  all  the  wealth  and  luxury 
that  appertain  to  a  scion  of  a  noble  house,  brought  up  amidst  all  the 
temptations  and  hazards  which  beset  the  path  of  the  young  and  noble, 
in  their  progress  through  college  and  the  university,  (and  he  might 
have  aspired  to  the  highest  places  in  the  many  worldly  enjoyments 
held  forth  to  the  sons  of  the  aristocratic  families  of  England),  he  passed 
through  the  two  first  ordeals  unscathed ;  and  pure  and  spotless  in 
character,  through  no  worldly  motives  except  to  do  good  to  his  fellow 
creatures,  he  entered  the  ministry  as  a  meek  servant  and  instrument 
of  God.  With  such  purposes  in  view  he  came  to  this  country,  and 
endured  direst  privations  as  a  missionary,  passing  from  one  place  to 
another  in  the  depth  of  winter,  without  perhaps,  (in  those  days,  many 
years  ago),  a  prospect  of  a  shelter  for  his  head,  or  a  bed  for  his  wearied 
body;  and,  even  when  raised  to  the  high  and  important  office  as  head 
of  the  church  of  this  province,  when  age  and  sickness  had  crept  upon 
him,  he  continued  in  the  good  work,  going  from  one  place  to  another, 
never  wearied,  never  heedful  of  his  own  health,  but  all  intent  on  the 
welfare  of  his  flock  and  people ;  until  finally,  a  not  very  strong  con- 
stitution was  undermined,  and  death  closed  his  earthly  labors.  Be- 
vond  doubt  he  has  met  with  his  re\\ard,  for  seldom  did  mortal  ever 
strive,  work,  suffer  and  endure  more  in  the  service  of  his  Divine 
Master  than  did  the  zealous  and  upright  Bishop  Stewart." 

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[  From  Charles  Stewart  ] 

S'  Armand  Lower  Canada 
July  19.  iSlo. 

Reverend  Sir, 

THOUGH  I  am  not  personally  acquainted  with  you  I 
take  the  liberty  of  troubling  you  with  a  Letter.  I  lately 
became  acquainted  with  Miss  Aspin wall  at  Montreal,  &  on  my 
informing  her  of  my  earnest  desire  to  procure  a  Clergyman 
or  Candidate  for  Orders  from  the  United  States  she  recom- 
mended me  to  apply  to  you.  She  was  so  good  as  to  say  she 
would  speak  to  you  on  the  subje6l,  but  as  it  may  be  some  time 
before  she  can  have  an  opportunity  of  seeing  you  I  venture 
to  write  to  you  without  delay. 

With  a  sincere  desire  of  promoting  the  Gospel  to  the  great- 
est extent  in  my  power  I  sailed  from  England  in  August  1 807, 
&  I  have  been  in  S'  Armand  constantly  since  061:ober  1807. 
For  many  good  reasons,  of  a  public  nature  chiefly,  it  is  my 
intention  to  go  to  England  for  a  twelve  month  as  soon  as  I 
can  get  a  substitute  to  do  my  Duty  here  in  my  absence.  God 
Almighty  has  blessed  my  exertions  here,  so  that  I  have  two 
large  congregations.  I  have  got  one  Church  built,  &  another 
is  building.  Therefore  I  can  not  think  of  leaving  them  with- 
out a  Shepherd.  Foreseeing  that  I  should  return  to  England 
I  have  been  endeavouring  for  nearly  two  years  to  get  a 
Clergyman  from  thence  &  you  will  be  surprised  ( for  I  am  )  to 
hear  that  I  must  not  expe61:  success  there.  My  terms  are  the 
salary  which  I  receive  for  my  Duty  here,  namely,  £150  Ster- 
ling a  year,  &  if  necessary  I  might  be  induced  to  make  a 
small  addition  to  this. 

If  you  could  assist  me  in  procuring  a  Person  to  take  my 
Charge  in  my  absence  you  would  confer  a  great  favor  on  me 

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CHARLES  STEWART 

&  advantage  to  the  Church  by  supplying  such  a  help.  A  Can- 
didate for  Orders,  properly  qualified,  would  be  preferred  by 
the  Bishop,  &  he  should  not  be  younger  than  two  &  twenty 
years  &  a  half.  I  am  not  absolutely  certain  on  these  two  last 
points,  but  nearly  so.  The  Bishop  fully  approves  of  my  in- 
tentions, &  whenever  I  return  from  England  will  be  happy 
to  provide  for  the  Clergyman  who  takes  my  situation  in  my 
absence.  He  is  in  great  want  of  Clergymen,  for  various  ap- 
plications have  been  made  to  him.  The  usual  salary  is  ^150 
Sterling,  but  in  a  few  places  it  is  more.  The  Rev'!  C.  Cotton 
is  placed  about  twelve  miles  to  the  North  of  where  I  live,  & 
I  should  hope  on  my  return  that  my  Assistant  might  be 
placed  a  good  many  miles  East  of  this  where  a  Clergyman  is 
very  much  wanted.  The  Seignoury  of  S'  Armand  is  bounded 
on  the  South  by  Vermont,  &  on  the  west  by  Missiskoui  Bay, 
Lake  Champlain.  It  is  only  four  miles  wide,  but  18  long. 
Several  hihabitants  of  Sheldon,  Vermont,  are  Members  of 
my  Church,  &  I  have  preached  there,  &  administered  the 
Sacraments. 

The  Rev'*  A.  Brunson  of  Manchester  writes  me  that  a  Con- 
vention will  be  holden  at  Fairfield,  22  miles  from  here,  on 
the  first  Wednesday  in  September  next.  I  hope  it  will  be  in 
my  power  to  attend  it.  Whenever  I  go  to  England  I  shall 
endeavour  to  sail  from  New  York.  Therefore  I  hope  to  have 
the  pleasure  of  waiting  on  you  in  the  course  of  next  Spring 
or  Summer,  or  sooner.  Perhaps  I  should  wish  to  sail  even 
in  Winter,  but  certainly,  if  I  may  so  speak,  next  Summer.  I 
ought  however  to  say  that  with  regard  to  the  event  of  all 
these  things  I  faithfully  trust  in  Providence.  I  hope  you  may 
be  an  instrument  in  his  hands  of  serving  me  &  the  Church 
here  as  well  as  where  you  are. 

I  had  the  pleasure  some  time  ago  of  reading  the  Essays  on 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

the  Church  published  by  you :  &  I  sent  them  to  my  Diocesan 
the  Bishop  of  Lincohi,  for  I  have  been  Re6lor  of  a  small 
Living  in  England  ever  since  the  year  1 799.  I  shall  only  add 
that  I  saw  Miss  Aspinwall  set  out  from  Montreal  for  Quebec 
with  M?  Wolsey  &  the  rest  of  the  Party  on  the  s"!*^  of  July: 
and  that  I  am  with  great  respeft 

Rev^  Sir 
Your  humble  Servant 

C  Stewart. 

My  Address  is  the  Hon*"'*^  &  Rev'  C.  Stewart  Huntsburgh 
Vermont. 

Superscription  : 

The  Reverend  T)"  Hobart 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Emily  Phillips  Aspinzvall. 

Emily  Phillips  was  a  dauf^hter  of  John  Aspinwall,  the  junior  partner  in 
the  firm  of  Gilbert  8c  John  Aspinwall.  Their  counting-house  was  at 
No.  186  Queen  Street.  They  were  large  importers  and  wholesale  job- 
bers of  dry  goods.  They  also  sold  on  commission  for  foreign  houses, 
and  bought  domestic  goods  for  foreign  account.  They  owned  several 
ships.  He  afterward  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law, 
Gardner  G.  Rowland,  under  the  name  of  Rowland  &  Aspinwall. 
It  became  one  of  the  best  known  shipping  firms  in  the  city.  Miss 
Aspinwall  married  Edward  John,  a  son  of  Muirson  Woolsey. 

Jacob  Moimtain. 

Jacob  Mountain  was  born  at  Thwaite  Hall,  Norfolk,  England,  in 
1750.  He  was  educated  at  Wyndham  grammar  school  and  Caius 
College,  Cambridge.  Upon  his  ordination  he  was  appointed  to  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  Norwich,  and  after  holding  various  preferments, 
C  444  J 


CHARLES  STEWART 

was  consecrated  the  first  Bishop  of  Quebec  in  1793.  He  died  June 
16,  1825.  His  son,  George  Jehoshaphat  Mountain,  was  Bishop  of 
Quebec  from  1850  to  1863. 

Charles  Caleb  Cotton. 

Charles  Caleb  Cotton  was  made  deacon  by  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln, 
Dr.  George  Pretyman,  and  ordained  priest  by  the  Bishop  of  Quebec, 
Dr.  Jacob  Mountain.  He  was  appointed  by  the  Venerable  Society  to 
the  charge  of  St.  Armand  and  Dunham,  Canada,  in  1804,  and  served 
until  1807.  He  was  relieved  of  the  care  of  St.  Armand  by  the  arrival 
of  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Charles  Stewart.  He  continued  in  charge  of 
Dunham  until  his  death  in  1848,  having  served  as  missionary  forty- 
four  years. 

Abraham  Bronson. 
For  sketch  see  page  388. 

Sir  George  Pretyma7i  Tomline. 

George,  a  son  of  George  Pretyman,  \\ho  was  a  tradesman  in  Bury 
St.  Edmunds,  was  born  in  that  town,  October  9,  1750.  He  entered 
the  University  of  Cambridge,  and  was  a  student  at  Pembroke  Hall. 
In  1772  he  graduated  as  a  senior  wrangler  and  the  first  of  Smith's 
Classics.  In  the  follo\\'ing  year  he  was  made  a  fellow  and  public  tutor 
of  Pembroke  Hall.  He  also  became  private  tutor  to  William  Pitt  the 
younger.  In  1782  he  was  appointed  rector  of  Corwin,  Merioneth- 
shire. He  was  made  a  prebend  of  Westminster  in  1784,  and  in  1785 
rector  of  Sudbourn  cum  Offord.  When  William  Pitt  was  made  First 
Lord  of  the  Treasury  in  1784,  he  selected  his  former  tutor  as  private 
secretary.  The  Prime  Minister  used  his  influence  for  the  promotion  of 
Dr.  Pretyman,  and  in  1787  gave  him  the  Bishopric  of  Lincoln  and 
the  Deanery  of  St.  Paul's,  London.  He  was  consecrated  at  Lambeth, 
March  11,  1787, by  John  Moore,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury;  William 
Ashburnham,  Bishop  of  Chichester;  Shute  Barrington,  Bishop  of 
Salisbury;  and  Beilby  Porteus,  Bishop  of  Chester. 

In  1803  Bishop  Pretvman  assumed  the  name  of  Tomline  in  order  to 

inherit  an  estate.  Upon  the  death  of  Dr.  John  Randolph  in  1813,  he 

refused  the  see  of  London,  but  w  hen  the  see  of  Winchester  was  made 

vacant  in  1820  by  the  death  of  the  Hon.  Brownlow  North,  Bishop 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Tomline  accepted  it.  He  died  November  14,  1827.  Bishop  Tomline 
published,  in  addition  to  several  important  charges: 
Elementsof  Christian  Theology,  1799. 14th  edition.  Edited  byH.  Stab- 
bing, D.D. 1843 
Expositionof  the  XXXIX  Articles.  Edited  by  R.  B.  Paul.  Oxford,  1835 
Refutation  of  Calvinism.  1811 
Memoirs  of  the  Life  of  Pitt.  1821 

In  a  note  to  his  poem,  "Pursuits  of  Literature,"  Thomas  James  Ma- 
thias  says  of  Bishop  Tomline : 

"He  is  a  man  of  great  learning,  discernment  and  ability;  his  writ- 
ings are  in  my  opinion,  distinguished  by  singular  temper  and  moder- 
ation, by  accuracy  and  a  clear  perception  of  the  subject  which  he  is 
treating,  and  by  a  zeal  according  to  knowledge." 

Abby  ( How/and)  JVoobey. 

Abby,  a  sister  of  George  Gardner  and  Samuel  S.  Howland,  married 
George  Muirson  Woolsey  in  1797.  Mr.  Woolsey  was  a  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Woolsey,  a  successful  merchant  of  New  York.  George  Woolsey 
became  a  prominent  shipping  merchant,  and  was  largely  interested 
in  sugar  refining,  with  his  brother,  William  Walter  Woolsey.  Mrs. 
Woolsey  died  in  London  in  1833.  Among  their  children  were  Charles, 
born  in  1802,  who  was  lost  on  the  Lexington,  which  burned  on  the 
shore  of  Long  Island,  January  13,  1840,  and  Edward  John,  who 
married  Miss  Aspinwall. 

Hobart's  Essays  o?i  the  SubjeSl  of  Episcopacy . 

These  were  most  likely  the  Essays  to  which  Mr.  Stewart  alluded. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  165. 

Huntsbiirgh. 

According  to  Zadock  Thompson's  "History  of  Vermont,"  Franklin, 
at  present  a  post  town  in  the  north  part  of  Franklin  County,  was 
granted  October  24,  1787,  and  chartered  to  Jonathan  Hunt  and  his 
associates  March  19,  1789,  by  the  name  of  Huntsburgh. 


C   446   '] 


DANIEL  BARBER 

DANIEL  Barber  was  born  at  Simsbury,  Connecticut,  October  2, 
1756.  He  was  made  deacon  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Seabury  in 
Christ  Church,  Middletown,  October  29,  1786.  He  had  previously 
been  acting  as  lay  reader  in  Vermont.  After  his  ordination  he  officiated 
at  Manchester,  Sandgate,  and  other  places  in  Vermont.  In  1794  he 
removed  to  the  eastern  part  of  the  state,  where  he  preached  in  manv 
places,  and  in  April,  1795,  w  as  elected  rector  of  Union  Church,  Clare- 
mont.  New  Hampshire.  He  also  continued  to  visit  towns  on  the  Ver- 
mont side  of  the  Connecticut  River.  It  \\as  a  plan  of  his  to  join  to- 
gether parishes  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  Connecticut  River  in  Vermont 
and  those  in  New  Hampshire  into  a  district. When  the  matter  was 
brought  before  the  General  Convention  in  1801,  it  was  determined 
that  they  should  put  themselves  under  the  jurisdiction  of  a  Bishop  of 
one  of  the  neighbouring  states  until  a  Bishop  should  be  duly  con- 
secrated and  settled  in  those  states.  Daniel  Barber  was  a  man  fertile  in 
expedients,  a  missionary  ready  to  endure  any  hardships,  and  one 
who  advanced  the  interests  of  the  Church  wherever  he  went. 

In  1818  he  followed  his  son,  Virgil  Horace  Barber,  into  the  Roman 
Catholic  Communion.  He  w^as  sent  as  missionary  to  Vermont,  and  is 
said  to  have  formed  the  first  Roman  Catholic  congregations  in  that 
state.  He  spent  his  last  days  in  a  monaster}'  at  Georgetown,  District 
of  Columbia.  He  died  at  St.  Inigoes,  Maryland,  in  1834. 


[  From  Daniel  Barber  ] 

Claremont  Newhampshire  August  2"'^  18  10. 

RevPand  Dear  Sir, 

THE  Ele6lion  of  a  Bishop  for  the  four  Eastern  States  took 
a  different  turn  from  my  Calculation  when  I  wrote  you. 
Individuals  and  Churchesoften  have  different  views  and  wishes 
to  be  accomphshed,  as  well  as  local  Prejudices  which  nothing 
can  Remove.  Ml"  Griswold  was  the  only  Man  in  which  all  par- 
ties (or  nearly  all)  could  be  united,  and  I  am  in  much  doubt 
i   447   H 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

should  he  not  accept  (as  is  probable  he  will  not)  we  shall  find 
it  nearly  impossible  to  EIe61  another,  the  true  spirit  of  Episco- 
pacy is  dying  among  us.  A  Clergyman  told  me  that  to  have  a 
Bishop  was  a  matter  of  total  indifference  with  him,  as  he  had 
always  Baptised  without  sponsors,  his  people  needed  not  to  be 
confirmed.  I  was  astonished  at  his  Do^lrine.  Whilst  the  Beast 
and  the  fals  Prophet  are  every  where  awake  and  alive  to 
tlieir  Obje6l.  The  constitution  we  adopted  for  these  four  states 
you  have  doubtless  seen.  I  hope  it  may  be  produ6live  of  salu- 
tary Effe6ls,and  that  shortly  the  Churches  here  may  Rise  & 
shine. 

My  People  are  much  engaged  to  have  John  Chickleys  short 
and  Easy  Method  with  the  Deists,  together  with  his  argu- 
ments for  Episcopacy  Reprinted.  I  have  thought  it  might  be 
more  useful  to  Common  Readers  if  the  Stile  was  modernized 
and  the  arguments  Rendered  more  easy  and  familiar.  If  you, 
or  D!  Bowden  would  undertake  it  the  thing  would  be  Com- 
pleat.  I  wish  you  to  make  it  a  serious  subje61:  and  send  us  the 
Conditions  of  its  publications.!  think  I  can  procure  you  a  hand- 
some number  of  subscribers.  If  you  and  Dr  Bowden  cannot 
assist  in  it,  we  shall  attempt  to  Print  it  in  its  present  state,  there 
is  a  Man  in  my  Parish  who  has  proposed  to  print  it  at  his  own 
Expense.  I  wish  you  to  write  me  on  this  subje6l  as  soon  as 
possible  for  many  are  engaged  about  the  work  going  on. 

the  following  wish  to  be  subscribers  for  the  Churchmans 
Magazines. 

Doft."^  Trask,  Windsor  Vermont. 

Solomon  Hubbard  Claremont  N.  H. 
I  wish  you  to  be  so  good  as  to  furnish  me  with  the  corre61: 
history  account  of  the  Church  of  England  under  the  Reign 
of  Elisabeth  and  particularly  the  Proof  or  Certainty  of  Arch- 
Bishop  Parkers  Consecration.  I  liaveReadRobersons  Englands 

C  448  ] 


DANIEL  BARBER 

RefonTiation,&  also  heard  theObjc6lions  of  the  Roman  Catho- 
lic Clergy.  Indeed  I  want  "  more  light."  I  hope  and  wish  to 
hear  from  you  shortly,  and  believe  me  to  be  your  friend  and 
Brother 

Daniel  Barber 
Rev."  D"  Hobart 

Superscription : 

RevP  John  H.  Hobart  D.D.  Trinity  Church  City  of  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 


Alexander  Viets  Griszvold. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  526. 


Jolm  Check  ley. 

John  Checkley  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  1680.  He  was 
a  pupil  in  the  Latin  School  under  its  famous  master,  Ezekiel  Cheever. 
He  completed  his  collegiate  course  at  0.\'ford,  after  \\hich  he  travelled 
on  the  Continent.  After  his  return  to  Boston  he  published,  in  1723, 
' '  A  Modest  Proof  of  the  Order  and  Government  settled  bv  Christ  and 
His  Apostles  in  the  Church,"  which  aroused  much  anger  against  him 
on  the  part  of  the  ministers  and  people  of  Massachusetts.  It  had  a  w  ide 
circulation,  and  caused  some  to  follow  Samuel  Johnson  and  Dr.  Cutler 
into  the  Church.  His  republication  in  1723  of  Rev.  Charles  Leslie's 
"Short  and  Easy  Method  with  the  Deists,"  a  book  that  had  for  more 
dian  twenty  years  been  standard,  brought  upon  him  not  only  abuse, 
but  also  an  action  for  libel,  as  he  had  added  to  the  treatise  a  short  tract 
upon  Episcopacy.  The  trial  was  famous  in  New  England  history.  The 
jury  uere  uncertain  whether  any  \\  riting  in  fa\our  of  Episcopacy  were 
libellous  or  not,  and  declared  him  guilty  if  it  were.  The  court  decided 
that  it  was,  and  on  November  27,1 724,  decreed  a  fine  of  fifty  pounds. 
When  Mr.  Checkley  went  to  England  in  1728  to  seek  holv  orders,  he 
republished  his  pamphlet.  Even  then  the  malice  of  the  New  England 
Puritans  pursued  him  and  poisoned  the  mind  of  the  Bishop  of  London 
against  him  by  false  assertions  of  his  want  of  learning.  But  still, 
C  449  H 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

although  he  did  not  obtain  his  desire,  he  persisted,  in  the  meantime 
doing  all  a  layman  could  to  advance  true  religion.  In  1739  he  once  more 
went  to  England,  and  although  there  were  unkind  attestations  against 
him,  was  ordained,  and  on  his  return  became  the  minister  of  King's 
Chapel,  Providence.  His  burning  zeal  made  him  a  good  parish  priest. 
He  died  October  14,  1742,  in  his  sixtj'-second  year.  He  was  a  true 
and  unselfish  champion  of  the  Church.  In  1715  he  married  a  sister  of 
Dr.  Ebenezer  Miller,  missionary  at  Braintree,  Massachusetts.  They 
had  two  children  :  John,  who  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1738,  and  then 
pursued  a  theological  course  with  his  father.  He  went  to  England,  was 
ordained,  and  appointed  to  Newark,  New  Jersey,  but  died  in  Eng- 
land of  small-pox ;  and  Rebecca,  who  married  Henry  Paget,  an  Irish 
gentleman. 

John  Bowden. 

For  sketch  see  page  270. 

Nahum  Trask. 

The  town  of  Windsor  was  granted  to  several  proprietors  b}^  Governor 
Benning  Wentworth,  July  6,  1761.  It  was  settled  before  1771,  and 
the  town  organized  in  1772.  Nahum  Trask  was  among  the  earlier 
settlers,  and  was  included  in  the  tax  list  of  1786.  He  became  a  prac- 
tising physician  of  high  repute.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
State  Medical  Society,  organized  November  6,  1813. 

Solomo7i  Hubbard. 

While  several  Hubbard  families  were  in  Claremont  soon  after  its 
settlement  in  1764,  and  some  were  connected  with  Union  Church 
from  the  time  it  was  organized  as  a  parish  in  1772,  the  name  of  Solomon 
Hubbard  is  not  found  in  any  available  records  of  that  parish.  In  Orvil 
J.  Wait's  "History  of  Claremont,"  published  in  1895  by  the  town, 
is  this  allusion  to  him,  on  page  181  :  "On  the  old  road  to  Newport 
a  mile  and  a  half  east  of  the  village  is  the  Solomon  Hubbard  farm." 

William  Robertson. 

Mr.  Barber  refers  to  the  second  book  of  Robertson's  "History  of 

Charles  the  Fifth." 

[  450  ;] 


BOWDEN  TO  MOORE 

[  John  Bow  den  to  Benjamin  Moore  ] 

Cheshire  Augt  S'""  1810. 

R^  Rev"&D«  Sir, 

THIS  will  be  handed  to  you  by  M'^  Isaac  Jones,  the 
congregational  minister  of  whom  you  have  heard  me 
speak.  He  goes  to  N.  Y.  with,  what  I  have  no  doubt,  you  will 
think  sufficient  testimonials  to  character,  soundness  of  princi- 
ple &c.  I  hope  no  untoward  circumstance  will  occur,  either  to 
prevent  or  delay  his  ordination.  He  was  at  the  expence  of  a 
passage  to  the  city  while  you  were  absent;  &,  poor  man;  he 
cannot  well  bear  it.  He  has  a  wife  &  child,  which  renders  it 
necessary  for  him  to  be  settled  as  soon  as  possible.  Perhaps 
Catskil  or  Duanesboro'  might  do.  Or  perhaps  it  would  do 
to  attach  him  to  M''  Nash.  I  mention  M""  Nash  in  preference  to 
M"^  Baldwin  or  Phelps,  because  several  of  M"^  Jones'  Wood- 
bridge  acquaintance  have  moved  into  Otsego  county ;  &  if  as 
a  missionary  he  could  have  i  oo^  pr  an.  &  could  obtain  another 
hundred  from  the  people,  he  would  be  contented.  He  is  said 
to  be  a  pretty  good  scholar,  to  have  a  pleasing  voice,  &  to  be 
above  the  ordinary  rank  of  speakers.  But  when  you  hear  him 
you  will  be  better  able  to  appreciate  his  talents. 

Alive  as  I  am  to  every  thing  that  would  in  the  slightest  de- 
gree be  disreputable  to  the  Ch,  I  am  perfectly  satisfied  after 
minute  inquiry,  that  M' Jones  will  be  a  useful  man:  &  there- 
fore I  heartily  join  my  testimony  with  that  of  the  standing 
committee  in  favor  of  the  man's  character  &  principles. 

Will  you  be  so  good,  by  Mr  J.  on  his  return,  to  let  me  know 
what  you  think  of  him, in  every  thing  that  will  come  under 
your  observation;  &  where,  you  think,  he  may  be  most  use- 
fully employed. 

C  4.51  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

The  day  after  I  left  N  Y.  I  found  my  family  in  good  health. 
With  respefts  to  M'''*  Moore  &  family 
I  am 

with  much  regard 

your  friend  &  h'''^  Serv' 

John  Bowden. 

Superscription  : 

Right  Rev"  Bishop  Moore  Vesey  Street  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Isaijc  Jones. 


For  notice  see  page  413. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Cat  skill. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  294. 

Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh. 
For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  437. 

Daniel  Nash. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  110. 

Amos  Glover  Baldzvin. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  233. 

Davenport  Phelps. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  3. 

Charity  Moore. 

For  mention  see  Volume  II,  page  237. 


C  452   '2 


DANIEL  NASH 

[  From  Daniel  Nash  ] 

Exeter,  Otsego  County,  August  I  8.  1810, 

Rev  and  Dear  Sir, 

I  WROTE  to  you  immediately  after  I  received  your  kind 
Letter  by  Mr  Jones  and  sent  by  a  Gentleman  who  resides 
about  Twenty  miles  from  this — after  some  Weeks  I  saw  him 
and  he  told  me  that  he  called  at  your  house,  but  you  was  ab- 
sent with  Ml' Hobart  from  the  City,  he  brought  the  Letter 
back. That  Letter  would  have  explained  to  you  how  and  why 
Mr  Martin  was  introduced  by  me  to  Mr  Warner,  who,  I  sup- 
posed was  in  good  standing  in  the  Churcii — but  never  did 
I  imagine  he  would  push  himself  forward  to  be  introduced  to 
you  or  to  the  Bishop — What  he  did,  he  performed  without  any 
solicitation  on  my  part  and  I  certainly  cannot  be  accountable 
for  his  condu6l — I  can  hardly  account  for  his  attachment  to  me 
— I  have  only  used  the  same  civility  towards  him  as  I  do  to 
every  one — but  as  far  as  I  have  information  he  speaks  of  me 
in  the  most  exalted  manner — truly  I  do  not  admire  such  warm 
attachments — yet  I  must  make  some  allowance  for  him  con- 
sidering the  Nation  to  which  he  belongs  and  the  hard  usage 
he  meets  with  from  the  Predestinarians — And  to  you,  my 
Dear  Brother,  I  have  nothing  to  send,  only  words  of  acknow- 
ledgment foryourgoodness — You  request  me  to  make  known 
my  situation  and  you  do  it  in  a  manner  as  tho'  you  did  not  ap- 
prove of  my  being  silent  on  the  subje6l  —  You  certainly  know 
that  the  less  needy  are  those  who  most  frequently  complain  — 
I  had  no  demand  on  you  —  why  then  should  I  trouble  you?  I 
have  carefully  endeavoured  to  bring  my  mind  to  my  situation 
— in  this  way  I  have  enjoyed  happiness — if  I  did  otherwise 
how  could  I  exhort  my  People  to  be  content  in  whatever  sta- 
tion they  are  placed?  I  think  on  our  Divine  Master, he  had  no 
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where  to  lay  his  head  —  what  have  I  merited?  why  should  I 
complain?  Indeed  I  feel  as  tho'  it  was  wrong  in  me — and  in 
the  general  way  I  am  perfe6tly careless  about  worldlymatters, 
untill  necessity  calls  my  attention — Do  you  know  my  difficult 
station?  do  you  know  my  fatigues — my  arduous  labours?  you 
cannot  know  them — you  have  no  adequate  conception — did 
I  pay  attention  to  the  World  I  never  could  accomplish  them 
—  Why  I  am  not  better  provided  for  by  my  People — is  in 
some  Degree  because  the  most  of  them  have  felt  determined 
to  have  me  remove  from  the  Place  where  I  now  reside  — 
I  have  informed  them  of  the  decision  of  the  Bishop  and  I  hope 
they  will  assist  me  in  building  the  next  Season.  While  M? 
Nash  was  able  to  labour  I  felt  but  little  concern  —  but  as  soon 
as  she  grew  infirm  my  situation  was  much  altered  for  the 
worse.  The  Bishop  undoubtedly  has  given  you  some  idea  of 
this  County — tho'  he  would  not  have  found  me  so  well  pro- 
vided for  things  even  decent  in  my  house  had  it  not  been 
for  the  very  seasonable  supply  which  you  sent  me  and  for 
which  I  return  you  many  thanks  —  M'!'  Nash  desires  you  to 
present  her  Respefts  to  M'.'  Hobart  with  her  hearty  acknow- 
ledgment for  her  kindness.  The  Lord  willing,  I  shall  see  you 
at  the  Convention — when  I  shall  discourse  on  many  subje6ls 
relative  to  the  Church.  With  much  esteem 

I  am  your  obliged  friend 

Daniel  Nash. 

Superscription  : 

Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  D.D.  New  York. 


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DANIEL  NASH 

ANNOTATIONS 

Isaac  Jones. 

For  notice  see  page  413. 

So/omon  Martin. 

Solomon  Martin,  Daniel  Bissell,  GiiidoL.  Bisse!l,andGurdon  Hunt- 
ington were  among  the  pioneers  in  the  settlement  of  Unadilla,  Otsego 
County.  Some  persons  were  there  as  early  as  1790.  In  1796  Solomon 
Martin  purchased  Lot  96,  containing  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  for 
Avhich  he  paid  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  pounds  and  five  shillings. 
He  w  as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  men  in  the  village,  bought  land 
in  large  quantities,  had  a  large  sawmill,  kept  a  general  store,  and 
for  twenty  years  did  a  profitable  business.  He  was  acti\e  in  village, 
county,  and  state  affairs,  and  ser\'ed  as  sheriff  of  Otsego  County  from 
1802  to  1806.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  legislature  for 
t\\o  terms.  He  was  a  parishioner  and  generous  supporter  of  St.  Mat- 
thew's Church.  He  died  in  1816,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Matthew's 
Church-yard.  General  Martin  married  Susan  Colt  of  Catskill,  in  1796. 
They  had  four  sons,  Edward,  William,  Benjamin,  and  Robert.  The 
family  home  was  on  the  main  street,  on  the  site  of  the  house  recently 
occupied  by  Marvin  Sweet,  which  was  built  and  occupied  by  Norman 
H.  Adams,  rector  of  St.  Matthew's  Church.  His  name  is  perpetuated 
in  Martin  Brook,  which  flows  through  the  village. 

George  Warner. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  269. 

Olive  Nash. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  541. 


C  455  U 


BENJAMIN  TREDWELL  ONDERDONK 

BENJAMIN  Tredwell,  a  son  of  Dr.  John  and  Deborah  (Ustick) 
Onderdonk,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  July  15,  1791.  The 
famil}^  had  been  long  settled  near  Hempstead  on  Long  Island.  Dr. 
Onderdonk  \vas  a  well-known  physician,  and  a  vestryman  of  Trinity 
Church  from  1801  to  1832.  His  son  Benjamin  was  carefullj' educated 
under  his  supervision,  and  graduated  from  Columbia  College  in  1809. 
He  then  became  a  member  of  the  Theological  Society  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Dr.  Hobart,  his  fellow  members  being  young  men  who  after- 
M'ards  attained  distinction  in  the  Church.  He  was  made  deacon  by 
Bishop  Hobart  in  St.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York  City,  August  2,  1812. 
He  at  once  commenced  to  officiate  in  Trinity  Parish,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Bishop,  and  occasionally  elsewhere.  He  was  appointed  an 
assistant  minister  of  Trinity  Church,  Newark,  New  Jersey,  July  26, 
1815.  Mr.  Onderdonk  did  faithfully  the  work  assigned  him.  He  had 
great  executive  ability,  and  in  1816  was  made  secretary  of  the  Con- 
vention of  the  diocese.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  standing  com- 
mittee, and  served  on  the  boards  of  many  societies  and  on  important 
committees. 

He  soon  held  a  very  confidential  position  with  the  Bishop,  and  had 
a  firm  grasp  of  the  condition  of  every  parish  in  the  diocese.  His  advice 
on  constitutional  and  canonical  questions  was  always  sound,  and  was 
generally  followed  by  Bishop  Hobart. 

In  1817  Mr.  Onderdonk  was  made  secretary  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 
From  1821  to  1829  he  was  a  deputy  to  the  General  Convention.  Upon 
the  opening  of  the  reorganized  General  Theological  Seminary  in  New 
York  City  in  1822,  he  was  made  professor  of  the  nature,  ministry, 
and  polity  of  the  Church. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Hobart  in  September,  1830,  Dr.  Onder- 
donk was  elected  as  his  successor  by  the  Convention  of  the  diocese, 
Fridaj',  October  8,  1830.  It  is  said  that  Bishop  Hobart  expressed  his 
opinion  that  Dr.  Onderdonk  m  as  best  qualified  of  all  the  clergy  in 
the  diocese  for  the  episcopate.  A  few  votes  were  cast  for  Dr.  Wain- 
wright  of  Grace  Church,  and  for  Dr.  Anthon  of  St.  Stephen's  Church. 
Dr.  Onderdonk  was  consecrated  in  St.  John's  Chapel,  New  York  City, 
Friday,  November  26,  1830.  Morning  Prayerwas  said  by  Dr.  Lyell  of 
Christ  Church,  the  Lessons  being  read  by  Dr.  Milnor  of  St.  George's 
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BENJAMIN  TREDWELL  ONDERDONK 

Church.  The  consecrator  was  the  \enerable  Presiding  Bishop,  Dr. 
White,  assisted  by  Dr.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  Assistant  Bishop 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  Dr.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  Bishop  of  Con- 
necticut. The  sermon  \\  as  preached  by  the  Bishop  of  Connecticut  from 
Colossians  iv.  17.  Dr.  Onderdonk's  episcopate  \\  as  marked  by  great  at- 
tention to  the  establishment  of  new  parishes  where  needed,  and  the  sus- 
taining of  the  older  missionary  work  in  the  central  and  western  part  of 
the  state.  Under  his  auspices  the  New  York  City  Mission  was  organ- 
ized. He  was  careful  to  ascertain  the  needs  of  the  clergy,  and  to  provide 
for  them  as  far  as  possible.  His  visitations  Mere  frequent,  even  in  the 
more  remote  parts  of  the  state.  So  great  was  the  growth  of  the  towns 
and  cities  in  western  New  York,  and  so  prompt  had  been  the  Church 
to  form  parishes  where  needed,  that  only  two  years  after  his  consecra- 
tion the  question  of  a  di\  ision  of  the  diocese  was  discussed,  and  in  1834 
the  Bishop  introduced  the  topic  into  his  Convention  address.  A  com- 
mittee was  appointed,  and  after  the  passage  of  a  permissive  canon  by 
theGeneral  Conventionof  1838, the  Diocese  of  Western  New  York  was 
organized.  While  the  sphere  of  his  labours  Mas  narrowed,  the  Bishop 
found  no  reduction  of  work,  for  there  was  then  activity  in  every  part  of 
the  diocese.  Bishop  Onderdonk  had  the  full  confidence  of  his  clergy, 
and  with  them  carried  out  the  plans  of  Bishop  Hobart.  When  the 
Oxford  Movement  commenced,  Mith  its  tracts  and  treatises  upon  the 
Church  doctrine  and  practice  almost  forgotten  in  England,  no  surprise 
at  the  doctrine  set  forth  was  expressed  in  New  York  and  Connecticut, 
for  it  had  been  the  recognized  teaching  of  those  dioceses.  When  the 
tracts  were  attacked  by  the  party  knonn  as  Evangelical,  Bishop  On- 
derdonk defended  them  in  his  sermons,  addresses,  and  charges.  This 
brought  upon  him  denunciation  and  abuse.  At  length  the  culmination 
came,  when  the  Bishop  of  New  York,  overruling  the  protest  made  by 
Dr.  Henry  Anthon  and  Dr.  Hugh  Smith,  during  the  service  in  St. 
Stephen's  Church,  New  York  City,  Sunday,  July  2,  1843,  admitted 
Arthur  Carey  with  other  graduates  of  the  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary to  the  holy  order  of  deacon.  They  accused  Mr.  Carey  of  holding 
"things  contrary  to  the  doctrine  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  United  States  and  in  close  alliance  w  ith  the  errors  of  the  Church 
of  Rome."  The  Bishop  made  a  brief  statement  that  the  accusation 
had  been  fully  investigated  by  him,  and  a  special  examination  held  by 
six  of  the  most  learned,  worthiest,  and  wisest  of  the  presbyters  of  the 

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diocese,  and  no  just  cause  was  found  for  rejecting  the  application  of 
the  candidate,  "and,  therefore,  all  these  persons  being  found  meet  to 
be  ordered,  are  commended  to  the  prayers  of  the  Congregation." 

A  fierce  and  bitter  assault  was  made  upon  Bishop  Onderdonk  in 
newspapers,  pamphlets,  clerical  meetings,  and  private  gatherings. 
The  issue  was  sharply  drawn  between  the  upholders  and  the  oppo- 
nents of  the  "Oxford  Tracts."  The  Bishop  retained  the  confidence 
of  the  greater  portion  of  the  diocese,  as  A\as  shown  in  the  Conven- 
tion of  1843,  \\  hen  resolutions  of  censure  were  introduced  which  were 
rejected  by  a  vote  of  one  hundred  and  one  to  eighteen.  Among  the 
defenders  of  the  Bishop's  course  was  Dr.  Stephen  Higginson  T3'ng, 
then  rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Philadelphia,  afterward 
rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York  City. 

Rumours  which  had  been  circulated  in  various  parts  of  the  diocese 
were  discussed  at  Philadelphia  during  the  session  of  the  General  Con- 
vention in  October,  1844.  Under  the  provisions  of  a  new  canon  for 
the  trial  of  a  Bishop  passed  at  that  Convention,  known  as  Canon  III 
of  1844,  a  presentment  of  Bishop  Onderdonk  was  made  by  Bishop 
Meade  of  Virginia,  Bishop  Otey  of  Tennessee,  and  Bishop  Elliott  of 
Georgia  to  the  Presiding  Bishop,  Dr.  Chase,  of  Illinois,  charging  him 
with  ' '  being  guilty  of  immorality  and  impurity  in  the  several  specifi- 
cations hereinafter  more  particularly  set  forth."  Bishop  Chase  then 
summoned  the  Court  of  Bishops  to  meet  in  the  Sunday-School  room 
of  St.  John's  Chapel  in  the  city  of  New  York,  Tuesday,  December 
10,  1844.  The  Bishop  of  Maryland  was  elected  clerk  of  the  court,  and 
appointed  as  his  assistant  Anthony  Ten  Broeck,  "  a  presbyter  of  the 
Diocese  of  New  Jersey."  The  presenters  had  as  counsel  the  Hon. 
Hiram  Ketchum  of  New  York  City,  and  the  Hon.  David  B.  Ogden 
appeared  for  the  respondent.  The  sessions  were  daily  and  many  wit- 
nesses were  examined. 

On  Thursday,  Januarys,  1845,  the  Court  of  Bishops  proceeded  to 
vote  on  the  eight  specifications  in  the  presentment,  when  eleven 
Bishops  declared  Bishop  Onderdonk  guilty  and  six  declared  him  not 
guilty.  The  formal  judgement  \\  as  reduced  to  writing  and  signed  by 
a  majority  of  the  Bishops.  The  respondent  was  then  summoned  and 
made  a  brief  general  denial  of  ' '  all  impure  or  unchaste  intention. "  He 
closed  with  these  words : 

"Thus  much,  Rt.  Rev.  Fathers  and  Brethren,  I  have  thought  that 
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BENJAMIN  TREDWELL  ONDERDONK 

I  might  say,  consistently  with  Christian  humility,  and  due  respect  for 
the  decision  of  a  majority  of  your  Court.  To  enter  into  a  considera- 
tion of  the  evidence  on  ^\  liich  this  decision  is  founded,  and  of  the 
influences  which  in  my  humble,  though  perhaps  too  partial  judg- 
ment, have  combined  to  produce  it,  A\'ould  be  neither  respectful  to  you, 
nor  consistent  with  the  canonical  privilege  which  is  now  awarded  to 
me.  On  these  points,  therefore,  I  am  at  present  silent,  as  in  duty  bound, 
and  am  content  to  wait  with  meekness  the  sentence  which  you  are 
alx)ut  to  pronounce.  That  I  look,  forward  to  this  sentence  \a  ith  deep 
anxietv,  I  do  not  affect  to  disguise.  But  believe  me,  Rt.  Rev.  Fathers 
and  Brethren,  my  anxiety  is  not  solely  for  myself;  but  also  for  the 
Church,  and  for  this  Court.  As  respects  me,  your  decision  is  final  for 
this  world,  and  your  power  supreme.  But,  brethren,  solemnlv  pro- 
testing as  I  have  protested,  and  do  now  protest,  before  Almighty  God 
and  this  Court,  my  entire  innocence  of  all  impurity,  unchasteness, 
or  immorality,  in  the  acts  laid  to  my  charge,  and  confiding,  as  I  firmly 
do,  in  the  justice  of  Almighty  God,  and  the  honest  judgment  of  His 
Church,  I  of  course  believe  that  an  unjust  sentence  of  this  Court  will 
neither  be  ratified  in  Heaven,  nor  sustained  on  earth,  after  the  light 
of  reason  and  truth  shall  have  dispelled,  as  it  surely  will  dispel,  the 
mists  of  prejudice  and  passion.  That  the  sentence  which  my  right 
reverend  brethren  are  now  to  pronounce  on  the  most  unworthy  of 
their  number  may  not  alienate  from  our  body  the  confidence  of  the 
Church,  and  plunge  her  into  irretrievable  distraction,  may  God,  of 
his  infinite  mercy,  grant  through  Jesus  Christ."  \^Tnal  of  the  Rt. 
Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  1845,  p.  261.] 

The  Bishops  then  read  their  opinions  and  gave  their  votes.  On  the 
first  scrutiny,  eight  Bishops  voted  for  deposition,  three  for  suspension, 
and  six  for  admonition.  On  the  second  scrutiny,  seven  Bishops  voted 
for  deposition,  six  for  suspension,  and  four  for  admonition.  On  the 
third  scrutin}^  eight  voted  for  deposition  and  nine  for  suspension.  The 
six  \\\\o  declared  the  Bishop  of  New  York  not  guilty  acceded  to  sus- 
pension in  order  to  \\ard  off' deposition. 

This  sentence  was  then  drawn  up  and  adopted  by  the  court: 

The  Court  of  Bishops  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  convened 

under  the  authority  of  Canon  III  of  1844,  of  the  General  Convention 

of  said  Church,  for  the  trial  of  the  Presentment  of  the  Rt.  Re\'.  Ben- 

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jamin  Treduell  Onderdonk,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  New  York,  by 
the  Rt.  Rev.  William  Meade,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia  ;  the 
Rt.  Rev .  James  Her  vey  Otey ,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Tennessee  ;  and 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  jun..  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia, 
upon  certain  charges  and  specifications  in  said  Presentment  set  forth ; 
having  fully  heard  the  allegations  and  testimony  of  the  parties,  and 
deliberately  considered  the  same,  and  a  majority  of  the  said  Court 
having  declared  that  in  their  opinion  the  accused  is  guilty  of  certain  of 
the  charges  and  specifications  contained  in  the  Presentment,  —  which 
declaration  of  a  majority  of  the  Court  has  been  reduced  to  writing, 
and  signed  by  those  who  assented  thereto,  and  has  been  pronounced 
in  the  presence  of  the  parties  ;  and  the  Court  having  proceeded,  after 
hearing  the  accused,  to  pass  sentence  upon  the  accused  in  conformity 
with  the  provision  of  the  said  Canon,  and  ha\  ing  determined  that 
the  penalty  to  be  affixed  and  pronounced  in  said  case  shall  be  that  of 
suspension. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  and  declared,  that  the  sentence  of  this  Court  upon 
the  Respondent  is  suspension  from  the  office  of  a  Bishop  in  the  Church 
of  God,  and  from  all  the  functions  of  the  sacred  ministry, — and  this 
Court  do  hereby  soXemnXy  pwtwunce  and  declare  that  the  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk  is  suspended  from  all  exercise  of  his 
Episcopal  and  ministerial  functions  —  and  do  order  that  the  notice  of 
this  sentence  required  by  said  Canon  be  communicated  b}'  the  Presid- 
ing Bishop,  under  his  hand  and  seal,  to  the  Ecclesiastical  authoritv  of 
every  Diocese  of  this  Church. 

Philander  Chase, 
Senior  Bishop  and  President  of  the  Court  of  Bishops. 

/        \  Given  under  my  hand  and  seal,  this  third  day 

of  January,  a.d.  1845,  in  the  city  New  York. 
iTrialoftheRt.  Jiei>.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  1845,/).  329.] 

The  sentence  was  received  with  widespread  indignation  b}-  many,  and 
dissatisfaction  by  those  \vho  had  thought  Bishop  Onderdonk  would 
be  degraded. 

Many  pamphlets  were  issued  both  by  friends  and  opponents.  Bishop 

Onderdonk  printed  a  statement  in  which  he  examined  the  charges 

made,  and  the  manner  in\vhich  the  material  on  which  they  were  based 

was  obtained.  Bishop  Meade  replied  in  a  counter-statement.  The  col- 

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BENJAMIN  TREDWELL  ONDERDONK 

umnsof  "  TheChurcliman  "  and  "  The  Protestant  Churchman  "A\'ere 
long  filled  with  editorials  and  letters  on  the  subject.  In  1847  a  critical 
examination  of  the  e\idence  was  made  in  a  series  of  pamphlets  en- 
titled ' '  The  Voice  of  Truth, ' '  in  Mhich  the  credibility  of  the  w  itnesses 
was  impeached,  and  the  peril  to  the  Church  of  the  Canon  which  al- 
lowed any  three  Bishops  to  bring  to  trial  a  brother  Bishop  was 
noted.  During  the  sessions  of  the  General  Convention  in  1847  an 
effort  was  made  for  the  restoration  of  the  Bishop  of  New  York,  but 
M'ithout  avail.  In  1859,  at  the  request  of  the  Diocese  of  New  York, 
by  a  clerical  vote  of  one  hundred  and  forty-seven  to  nineteen  and  a 
lay  \ote  of  seven ty-fi\e  to  forty-six,  a  final  attempt  was  made  for  re- 
mission of  the  sentence,  which  failed  in  the  House  of  Bishops  by  a 
small  majority.  Bishop  Onderdonk  li\ed  in  retirement  for  more  than 
sixteen  years.  He  continued  in  lay  communion,  attending  the  ser- 
vices at  the  Church  of  the  Annunciation,  of  which  his  friend,  Dr. 
Samuel  Seabury,  was  then  rector.  To  the  day  of  his  death  he  received 
his  salary  as  the  Bishop  of  New  York.  He  died  at  his  home  in  New 
York  City,  April  30,  1861,  in  the  seventieth  year  of  his  age  and  forty- 
ninth  of  his  ministr}'. 

The  funeral  was  held  on  Tuesday,  May  7,  from  Trinity  Church, 
New  York  City.  This  graphic  account  appeared  in  "The  Church 
Journal"  for  May  8,  1861,  on  page  125  of  volume  ix.  It  was  written 
by  Dr.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  the  editor : 

"On  Tuesday  afternoon,  two  hours  before  the  time  appointed  for 
the  funeral,  Trinity  Church  began  to  be  filled;  and  no  church  build- 
ing in  the  city  would  have  contained  all  those  who  tried  to  gain 
admittance.  An  hundred  of  the  clergy  in  surplices  (besides  at  least 
as  many  more  in  go\vns  or  citizens'  dress)  entered  the  great  door  at 
3  o'clock,  and  stood  on  either  side  of  the  whole  length  of  the  middle 
alley.  Through  this  double  line,  the  surpliced  choristers,  officiating 
clergy,  and  the  Bishops  of  New  York,  Western  New  York,  and  New 
Jersey,  moved  down  to  the  door  to  meet  the  Body,  which  as  they  re- 
turned was  borne  after  them,  on  men's  shoulders.  It  was  co\ered  with 
a  purple  pall  in  which  was  wrought  a  M'hite  cross;  the  pall  being  the 
same  that  covered  the  late  Bishop  Doane  on  his  last  journey  from 
Riverside  to  St.  Mary's  churchyard.  Over  the  pall  were  a  cross,  a 
crown,  and  a  mitre,  all  wreathed  with  the  most  exquisite  and  fragrant 
flowers.  Twelve  pall-bearers  accompanied  the  Body,  among  w  horn, 
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besides  Bishop  Southgate,  were  many  of  the  oldest  and  most  vener- 
able Presbyters  of  the  Diocese,  as  well  as  several  of  the  younger  clergy. 
After  the  mourners  had  passed,  the  double  line  of  surpliced  clergy 
closed  in  and  moved  on,  followed  by  the  other  clergy,  and  the  Students 
of  the  General  Theological  Seminary,  and  representatives  of  other 
Church  Institutions,  the  procession  being  closed  by  the  children  of 
Trinity  School.  The  Altar  and  reredos  were  all  in  black,  as  was  also 
the  Episcopal  chair,  which  stood  empty  throughout  the  service.  The 
whole  of  the  chancel  furniture,  the  lectern,  and  the  pulpit,  were  draped 
in  black ,  the  gloom  being  relie\ed  by  the  candelabra  of  many  wax  lights 
on  either  side,  and  one  group  of  lights  also  on  the  altar.  For  nearly 
an  hour  the  sky  had  been  overcast  by  clouds,  and  some  rain  had  fallen  ; 
but  as  the  procession  entered  the  church,  the  Bishop  of  Western  New 
York  saying  the  opening  sentences,  the  clouds  began  to  clear  away. 
The  sanctuary  and  choir,  so  dark  with  their  drapery  of  black,  were 
now  filled  up  with  rank  on  rank  of  snowy  surplices;  and  when  the 
bearers  let  down  their  sacred  burden  in  the  choir,  the  sunlight  burst 
forth  clear  and  strong,  pouring  its  full  flood  of  purple  and  crimson 
and  golden  light  through  the  stained  glass  windows  upon  the  Dead 
in  the  centre  of  the  choir ;  thence  overflowing  it  bathed  all  the  pave- 
ment underneath ;  and  soon  silently  stole  downwards  towards  the  pall- 
bearers, painting  their  sable  robes  with  splendid  hues,  and  kindling 
their  hoary  locks  into  silver  and  gold  ;  and  by  and  bye  moving  further, 
with  broader  slant,  until  it  diffused  itself  among  the  multitudes  of 
the  great  congregation. 

"Meanwhile  the  voices  of  the  full  double  choir  have  begun  the  an- 
them, 'Lord,  let  me  know  my  end,'  which  was  sung  solemnly  and 
slowly.  The  lesson  was  read  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Higbee ;  after  which, 
by  request,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Vinton  read  the  following  preamble  and  Reso- 
lutions, unanimously  adopted  by  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Dio- 
cese on  Friday  last: 

' ' '  Whereas,  On  Tuesday,  the  30th  day  of  April,  it  pleased  Almighty 
God,  in  His  wise  providence,  to  remove  from  this  earthly  scene  of 
trial  the  canonical  head  of  our  Diocese,  the  Rt.  Rev.  Benjamin  Tred- 
well  Onderdonk,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  New  York,  it  becomes  the  duty 
of  the  Standing  Committee  to  enter  on  their  minutes  an  appropriate 
record  of  the  same  ;  therefore 

"  ''Resolved,  That  such  entrv  now  be  made  with  the  following  ex- 

i:  462  -] 


BENJAMIN  TREDWELL  ONDERDONK 

pression  of  their  feelings.  Long  witliclrawii  from  his  official  duties 
under  a  judicial  sentence,  belie\'ed  bj^  many  to  be  of  doubtful  validity, 
— that  of  indefinite  suspension,  —  Bishop  Onderdonk  has  been  know  n 
to  the  Church  for  more  than  sixteen  years  only  through  the  medium 
of  private  intercourse,  in  the  bosom  of  his  family,  and  in  the  deep  re- 
tirement of  an  humble  and  saddened  spirit.  By  nature  full  of  affection, 
kindness,  and  courtesy,  —  graces  which  failed  him  not  through  all  his 
trials,  —  he  had  yet  to  learn  in  the  hard  school  of  adversity  the  still 
higher  virtues  of  forgiveness,  patience,  submission,  and  resignation; 
seeking  in  the  shades  of  retirement,  and  in  the  faithful  discharge  of 
the  duties  that  yet  remained  to  him  as  a  man  and  a  Christian,  that 
peace  of  mind  which  the  world  cannot  give;  closing,  as  he  has  now- 
done,  a  long  and  chequered  life  in  the  comfort  and  support  of  an 
humble,  penitent,  and  thankful  faith. 

The  Standing  Committee  would  further  record,  that  during  their 
long  official  intercourse  with  Bishop  Onderdonk  in  his  active  Episco- 
pate, through  a  period  of  more  than  fourteen  years,  they  ever  found 
him  the  courteous  gentleman,  the  learned  canonist,  the  judicious 
counsellor,  the  firm,  untiring  administrator  of  the  concerns  of  this 
great  Diocese,  which  for  more  than  seven  years  of  his  Episcopate, 
comprehended  the  whole  State  of  New  York. 

Under  these  convictions  and  feelings  this  entry  is  now  made ;  and 
a  copy  of  the  same  is  directed  to  be  sent  to  his  berea\ed  family  with 
the  deep  sympathies  of  this  Committee.' 

"Dr.  Vinton  also  read  the  Resolutions  passed  at  the  meeting  of 
Clergy  and  laitv  in  Trinity  Church  on  Monday  (given  above),  and 
the  Resolutions  adopted  by  the  Faculty  of  the  General  Theological 
Seminary,  which  appear  in  another  column.  Dr.  Vinton  then,  in  a 
few  brief  words,  narrated  the  substance  of  his  last  interview  with 
Bishop  Onderdonk,  shortly  before  his  death,  when,  at  his  own  re- 
quest, a  portion  of  the  Office  for  the  Visitation  of  the  Sick  was  used. 
In  answ  er  to  the  question  '  whether  he  repented  him  truly  of  his  sins,' 
the  d}ing  Bishop  did  most  humbly  and  truly  testify  his  penitence 
for  all  his  sins,  known  and  unknow  n  :  adding,  however,  with  deep  and 
earnest  feeling,  'of  the  charges  upon  which  I  have  been  condemned, 

MY  CONSCIENCE  ACqUITS  ME,  AS  IN  THE  SIGHT  OF  GoD.' 

"The  201st  Hvmn  was  then  sung,  always  a  favorite  with  the  de- 
parted Bishop,  and  of  w  hich  the  lines — 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

'  These  through  fiery  trials  trod. 
These  from  great  ajjiiSiion  came!' 

—  were  felt  to  be  singularly  appropriate. 

"The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Seabury,  and  there 
would  have  been  a  manifest  inappropriateness  in  its  being  preached 
by  any  one  else.  He  chose  for  his  te.xt  the  words  of  our  Lord  concern- 
ing S.  John  the  Baptist,  '  He  was  a  burning  and  a  shining  light :  and 
ye  were  willing,  for  a  season,  to  rejoice  in  his  light.'  We  shall  attempt 
no  analysis  of  this  able  and  admirable  discourse.  Immediately  after 
the  ser\'ices  were  concluded,  it  Mas  unanimously  requested  for  pub- 
lication by  the  Bishops  and  clergy  present,  and  we  will  not  forestall 
the  reading  of  that  full  account  of  the  earlier  life  of  the  Bishop,  and 
the  incidents  of  his  ministerial  and  Episcopal  career  up  to  the  time 
when,  in  the  height  of  his  powers,  his  reputation,  and  his  usefulness, 
he  was  Juried  alive:''  nor  that  much  more  winning  and  edifying 
picture  of  his  patience  under  nearly  seventeen  years  of  punish- 
ment, cheered  only  by  a  hope  which,  when  it  died,  left  him  nothing 
on  earth  to  live  for.  The  preacher  from  his  childhood  had  known  the 
Bishop,  and  in  the  strongest  language  bore  testimony  to  his  moral 
purity,  declaring  that  during  all  that  intimate  friendship  of  almost 
a  n  hole  lifetime,  he  had  never  known  that  Bishop  to  utter  anything 
that  he  should  have  been  unwilling  the  angels  of  God  should  hear, 
or  that  he  would  wish  unsaid  at  the  Day  of  Judgment.  In  answer  to 
the  concluding  prayer  of  the  Preacher  that  we  might  all  have  grace 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  to  follow  after  the  patience,  forgive- 
ness, and  humility  of  him  who  was  now  gone,  there  was  heard,  over 
all  the  congregation,  a  solemn  and  deep  Amen.'''' 

Bishop  Onderdonk  married  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Moscrop. 
He  had  a  large  family.  One  of  his  sons,  Henry  M.  Onderdonk,  was 
for  some  years  a  publisher  in  New  York  City. 

In  "The  Church  Journal"  for  May  1,  1861,  on  page  117  of  vol- 
ume ix,  there  appeared  an  appreciative  notice,  from  which  this  brief 
extract  is  made : 

"Dear,  good  old  man  !  Hundreds,  aye,  thousands,  from  all  parts  of 
the  Diocese  will  soon  stand  sadly  around  his  clay-cold  form,  in  the 
church  where  for  so  manv  years  he  has  worshipped  in  hope ;  and  their 
hearts  Mill  burn  within  them  to  think  that  the  thick  cloud  was  not  per- 
mitted to  lift,  nor  even  one  brief  gush  of  sunshine  was  let  in  to  lighten 
C   464   ] 


BENJAMIN  TREDWELL  ONDERDONK 

the  evening  of  his  days.  But  it  is  \ain  to  uish  now  for  earthl\-  sunsliine 
as  an)-  blessing  to  one  \\  ho  has  passed  from  all  sorrow  s  and  darkness 
here,  — even  through  the  valley  and  shado\\'  of  death,  —  to  the  seven- 
fold light  of  that  heavenly  City  that  needeth  no  sun  to  enlighten  it,  for 
'  the  Lord  God  and  the  Lamb  are  the  light  thereof. ' ' ' 

The  New  York  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society  placed  upon 
their  records  this  minute  : 

"The  death  of  the  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God,  Benjamin Tred- 
well  Onderdonk,  D.D.,  the  Bishop  of  this  Diocese  and  the  President 
of  this  Societ}',  and  Chairman  of  its  Board  of  Managers,  being  an- 
nounced as  having  taken  place  at  his  residence  in  this  city  on  the  30th 
of  April,  1861,  since  the  last  meeting  of  this  Board,  the  following 
notitiae  of  the  late  Right  Reverend  Prelate's  connection  with  this 
Society  were  ordered  to  be  entered  on  the  minutes  of  this  Board  as 
a  testimony  of  affectionate  respect  for  the  deceased. 

"  'This  Society  was  organized  in  the  year  a.d.  1809,  composed  of 
Clergy  and  Laity.  By  its  Constitution  the  Board  of  Managers  con- 
sisted of  nine  Laymen  and  all  the  Clergy  of  the  Church  residing  in 
the  city  of  New  York . 

"  'Immediately  after  his  ordination  in  1812  we  find  him  at  his  seat 
in  the  Board  of  Managers,  and  the  next  year  he  took  an  active  part 
in  having  the  children  of  the  Free  Schools  in  the  City  whose  par- 
ents were  Churchmen  furnished  sittings  in  the  different  Churches  and 
supplied  with  Prayer  Books. 

He  continued  his  labours  in  the  Board  as  a  Manager  until  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Society  on  the  Feast  of  St.  Matthe\\'  in  1 8 1 6 ,  when  he 
^\■as  elected  Secretarv,  the  duties  of  which  he  continued  to  punctually 
discharge  until,  on  the  demise  of  Bishop  Hobart,  he  was  consecrated 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  New  York  in  November,  1830,  \vhen  he  be- 
came the  President  of  the  Society  and  Chairman  of  its  Board  of  Man- 
agers ex  officio^  from  which  time  he  presided  at  all  the  Annual  meetings 
of  the  Society  and  of  its  Board  of  Managers  as  a  matter  of  conscience 
and  of  duty  up  to  the  dav  that  the  sentence  of  suspension  was  inflicted 
upon  him  bv  the  House  of  Bishops  in  Januar}',  1845,  from  which  time 
he  as  modestly  and  conscientiouslv  refrained  from  exercising  the  duties 
of  either  office.  But  during  the  long  years  of  his  involuntary  retirement 
from  his  cherished  fields  of  labour,  up  to  the  day  he  was  taken  from 
us,  he  continued  to  evince  the  liveliest  interest  in  the  Societj''s  behalf. 
C  465  J 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

"  'And  whereas  it  lias  pleased  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  to  take 
to  Himself  our  late  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God  and  our  President, 
therefore  be  it 

"  'Resolved  by  this  Board,  That  in  humble  submission  to  the  mys- 
terious Providence,  which  during  the  last  half  of  his  Episcopate  caused 
our  late  President  "through  fiery  trials  to  tread,  "and  has  now  removed 
him  from  our  midst  to  his  reward  in  Paradise: — this  Board  cannot 
refrain  recording  on  its  minutes  their  acknowledgment  of  the  faithful 
and  eminent  services  rendered  this  Society  from  the  commencement  of 
his  connection  ^\•ith  it;  and  their  afflictive  sense  of  the  loss  which  it, 
in  common  with  the  other  interests  in  the  Church  has  sustained  in  the 
death  of  the  illustrious  deceased  ;  and  also  their  unfeigned  union  in  the 
numerous  demonstrations  and  well  deser\'ed  tributes  of  respect  and 
affection  which  have  already  been  paid  to  his  memory  in  this  Diocese 
and  in  the  Diocese  of  Western  New  York,  his  former  charge,  to  his 
distinguished  talent  and  zeal  as  a  Christian  Bishop  :  — to^  the  exem- 
plary urbanity  of  his  deportment: — to  the  uniform  firmness  and  in- 
tegrity of  his  character :  —  to  his  unobtrusive  piety  and  meekness ;  and 
to  his  crowning  glory,  his  patient  and  uncomplaining  sufferings  as  a 
CONFESSOR  and  martyr  ' '  for  Christ  his  body's  sake. "  '  "  [^4  Centiny  of 
Achievement.  The  History  of  the  New  York  Bible  and  Common  Prayer 
Book  Society  for  One  Hundred  Years,  by  Lowndes,  p.  678.] 

In  his ' '  History  of  Trinity  Church, ' '  published  in  1 847,  on  page  313, 
Dr.  Berrian  says : 

"The  deep  humiliation  to  which  he  has  since  been  reduced,  and  the 
obloquy,  the  scorn,  and  contempt  with  which  he  has  been  loaded, 
will  not  prevent  me  from  exhibiting  him  as  he  Avas  in  the  estimation 
of  his  friends  and  in  his  relations  to  this  Parish. 

' '  I  had  been  at  that  time  in  habits  of  the  closest  and  dearest  intimacy 
with  him  for  thirty  years.  I  became  acquainted  with  him  at  College  in 
early  life,  he  was  my  fellow  student  in  Divinity,  and  as  soon  as  he  was 
ordained,  he  was  associated  with  me  in  the  same  Parish,  from  opening 
manhood  till  he  had  considerably  passed  the  period  of  middle  age. 
From  our  common  duties  and  our  mutual  regard,  we  were  brought 
into  constant  intercourse  with  each  other,  so  that  all  his  infirmides  and 
faults,  as  well  as  his  virtues  and  graces,  were  laid  open  before  me. 

"In  his  very  youth  he  was  grave,  sedate  and  thoughtful,  to  a  de- 
gree which  is  seldom  seen;  correct  in  his  principles;  pure  in  heart, 
C  466  J 


BENJAMIN  TREDWELL  ONDERDONK 

and  unspotted  in  life.  In  his  academic  pursuits  and  in  his  prepara- 
tion for  the  ministry,  he  was  so  unwearied  in  his  dihgence  and  so 
laudable  in  his  ambition  as  to  have  distinguished  himself  greatly  in 
both.  And  when  he  at  length  entered  upon  the  exercise  of  his  office, 
it  was  w  ith  such  a  devout  temper  of  mind,  such  a  conscientious 
\  iew  of  his  duties,  and  such  a  fixed  determination  to  discharge  them 
as  within  the  range  of  my  observation,  at  least,  has  never  been  sur- 
passed. These  duties,  in  the  very  outset  of  his  course  in  this  exten- 
sive Parish,  were  exceedingly  heavy.  But  he  never  shrunk  from  any 
labour,  he  never  tired  in  his  own  work,  nor  hesitated  in  an  emergency 
to  help  his  brethren. 

"He  had  at  once  the  physical  strength  which  enabled  him  to  bear 
the  utmost  degree  of  labour,  and  the  ready  will  to  perform  it  with 
cheerfulness. 

"But  he  was  not  only  indefatigable  in  the  performance  of  his  pub- 
lic duties,  but  most  assiduous  and  faithful  as  a  pastor,  going  about 
continually  doing  good,  and  especially  among  the  sick  and  the  needy, 
the  afflicted  and  distressed. 

"This  pastoral  attention  to  the  members  of  the  Parish,  was  a  duty 
to  which  I  had  always  attached  the  greatest  importance  myself,  and 
which,  according  to  my  ability,  I  had  endeavoured  to  discharge.  I 
was  constantly  among  the  people,  where  he  was  held  in  the  utmost 
respect  and  affection,  and  where,  until  several  years  after  his  entrance 
into  the  Episcopate,  the  breath  of  reproach  had  never  reached  him." 

In  his  "Episcopate  in  America,"  published  in  1895,  Bishop  Wil- 
liam Stevens  Perry  says,  on  page  55  : 

"A  bulky  octavo  records  the  'Trial  of  Bishop  B.  T.  Onderdonk.' 
With  the  scores  of  other  pamphlets  called  out  by  this  proceeding, 
there  will  be  preserved  for  all  time  to  come  the  story  of  one  of  the  most 
painful  chapters  of  the  annals  of  the  American  Church.  Reviewed  after 
the  lapse  of  fifty  years,  a  sober  judgment  will  possibly  question  the  wis- 
dom of  the  court's  decision,  and  believe  that  party  differences  (though 
quite  unintentionallv)  hindered  the  more  charitable  construction  of  acts 
and  purposes  deemed  at  the  time  conclusive  of  guilt.  Certainly,  if  a 
holy  and  humble  walk  during  the  long  years  of  his  suspension,  and 
consistent  and  unwavering  protestations  of  innocence  of  conscious  sin, 
are  to  enter  into  our  consideration,  Onderdonk  may  be  regarded  as 
sinned  against,  even  if  sinning." 

t  467   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[From  Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk] 

N.  Y.  August  31.  1 8 10. 
Rev.  Sir. 

THE  unfavourableness  of  the  weather  prevented  my 
leaving  the  city  last  Saturday.  I  expert  to  do  it  this  even- 
ing. My  return  by  Wednesday  morning  is  very  improbable. 
I  thought  it  my  duty  to  state  this  lest  you  should  calculate 
on  my  attendance  that  morning;  &  remain,  Rev.  Sir 
gratefully  &  respeftfully 
your's 
Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk 

Rev.  D!  Hob  art 

Superscription  : 

Rev.  D?  Hobart 
Present. 


[  468  :\ 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 
[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

D"^  &  Rev.  Sir,  ^^''^^'  Sepu  n-.^  iSio 

I  AM  requested  by  M'"  Barbara  Lee  to  obtain  a  certificate 
of  her  marriage  which  was  celebrated  in  N.York  on  the 
17''' or  21 ''of  April  1799,  at  the  house  of  M""  Michael  Little, 
in  Pine  Street.  Her  husband's  name  is  Joseph  Lee.  She  was 
married  at  the  early  age  of  14,  by  D""  Moore,  (she  thinks) 
but  having  just  arrived  from  France  where  she  was  educated 
in  a  Convent,  she  was  entirely  unacquainted  with  the  lan- 
guage, &  is  not  sure  that  the  clergyman's  name  was  Moore. 
I  have  baptized  two  of  her  children.  The  reason  of  her  wish- 
ing for  a  certificate  is,  that  being  separated  from  her  husband 
on  account  of  his  habitual  intemperance,  &  consequent  ill- 
treatment  of  her,  a  report  has  been  circulated  that  she  was  not 
his  wife  and  this  report  he  has  strengthen'd  by  acquiescence. 
I  take  this  opty  to  send  you  a  copy  of  my  late  Charge,  &  a 
little  Valedi6lory  I  prepared  for  your  nephew,  who  was  my 
chief  speaker,  &  indeed  one  of  the  best  scholars  in  the  class. 
You  may  wonder  at  my  publishing  such  trifles,  but,  I  find  it 
promotes  the  interest  of  my  seminary  to  do  so.  It  pleases  both 
parents  &  pupils.  I  think  you  might  have  sent  me  a  copy  of 
your  Sermon  preached  at  Newark  as  well  as  the  N°*  of  the 
Churchman's  Magazine  which  preceded  your  editorship,  & 
which  you  some  time  ago  promised  to  send  me. 

Present  me  respe6f:fully  to  M'"'*  Hobart.  I  am  in  extreme  haste, 
&  scribble,  as  you  see  currente  calamo.  Y"^  Friend  &  Bror 

Ja^  Abercrombie 

M'!''  Lee's  maiden  name  was  O'Sullivan. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  D.D. 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church  New  York. 

[    469    ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

Barbara  Lee. 

The  records  of  marriages  in  Trinity  Parish  for  the  period  mentioned 
by  Dr.  Abercrombie  had  disappeared  before  1810.  Consequently 
Dr.  Hobart  could  not  give  the  desired  information. 

Michael  Little. 

Mr.  Little  was  a  \\ell-kno\vn  boarding-house  keeper  in  the  city  of 
New  York  for  nearly  ten  years.  In  1800  he  lived  at  No.  142  Broad 
Street.  He  was  afterward  the  keeper  of  Mechanics  Hall. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

Charges  of  James  Abercrombie. 
For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  392. 

Robert  Enoch  Hobart,  Jr. 

Dr.  Abercrombie  probably  alluded  to  the  second  son  of  Robert  Enoch 
and  Sarah  Ma}^  (Potts)  Hobart,  who  in  1810  was  fourteen  years  old. 
A  sketch  of  him  is  given  in  Volume  V,  page  561. 

Hobart's  Consecration  Sermon  at  Neivark. 

Dr.  Abercrombie  alluded  to  the  sermon  preached  by  Dr.  Hobart  at 
the  consecration  of  Trinity  Church,  Newark ,  Monday,  Ma}-  21,1810, 
the  full  tide  of  which  is:  "A  Sermon,  preached  at  the  Consecration 
of  Trinity  Church,  Newark,  New  Jersey,  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Moore,onMonday,May21,A.D.  1810.  By  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 
An  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New-York.  Published  by 
Request.  New-York:  Printed  by  T.  and  J.  Swords,  No.  160  Pearl- 
Street.  1810."  For  mention  see  Volume  V,  page  10. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series,  see  page  42. 

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JOHN  REED 

[  From  John  Reed  ] 

Poughkeepsle  Sept.  1 8'!'  1810. 

Rev°.  &  Di^SiR, 

I  HAVE  this  moment  received  your  letter  of  the  27')'  of 
Aug^  Do  be  assured  that  as  heretofore,  I  shall  use  all  my 
little  influence,  perseveringly,  for  the  encouragement  of  the 
Chur-M.  Magazines.  Duly  estimating  the  value  of  such  awork, 
it  would  be  painful  to  hear  of  the  failure  of  its  success.  I  was 
yesterday  morning,  in  Catskill  and  conversing  with  Doc  Tho! 
O.  H.  Croswell,  a  valuable  and  zealous  churchman,  respecting 
the  agency  of  it — he  told  me  he  would  either  become  agent 
himself  or  oversee  the  agency  of  it,  and  as  soon  as  he  shall 
have  arranged  it  I  will  give  you  the  name  of  the  agent.  While 
I  have  had  it  myself  I  have  found  it  disagreeable.  That  congre- 
gation have  paid  so  much  fordifferent  expences  of  theirsociety 
that  it  seemed  very  hard  for  me  to  ask  them  for  anything 
and  the  several  dues  for  the  magazine  being  small,  various 
circuin stances  rendered  it  necessary  for  me  to  call,  several 
times  before  settling  it,  "as  no  change  &c.  &c.  which  in  that 
plan  were  unpleasant  for  a  clergyman.  They  however,  highly 
estimate  the  work,  and  when  the  agency  shall  be  assumed 
by  a  layman  it  will  do  better.  I  shall  as  soon  as  convenient 
interest  myself  respe6ling  the  Mag.  among  the  people  of 
Poughkeepsie  and  fondly  hope  they  will  do  their  part  in  en- 
couraging a  work  so  beneficial  to  the  church. 

I  still  feel  very  anxious  respe6ting  the  little  flock  I  am  leav- 
ing in  Catskill.  I  am  stil  in  hopes  Trin.  Cii.  may  feel  them- 
selves able  to  redeem  their  church,  until  which  time  they, 
Catskil,  cannot  flourish.  There  are  several  good  and  pious 
families  there  to  whom  it  would  be  painful  to  live  without  the 

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administration  of  the  word  and  ordinances  of  the  blessed 
Gospel. 

I  shall  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you  at  the  Convention. 
In  the  mean  time  believe  me  your  fr*?  &  brother  in  Christ 

John  Reed 

N.  B.  I  continue  agent  for  the  mag.  this  year  and  wish  those 
dire6led  to  me  in  Catskill  as  heretofore  "to  the  care  of  Doc 
Thom^  O.  H.  Croswell. 

Superscription  : 

Rev".  John  Henry  Hobart  City  New  York 


ANNOTATIONS 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Thomas  O'Hara  Croswell. 

Thomas  O'Hara  Croswell  was  born  in  West  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
When  a  very  young  man  he  removed  with  his  brothers,  Mackay 
and  Archibald,  to  Catskill,  Greene  County,  New  York.  They  opened 
a  printing-office  before  1780,  and  published  the  first  newspaper  in 
that  part  of  the  country.  It  was  long  called  the  "Catskill  Recorder." 
Previously  its  name  was  the  "Catskill  Packet  and  Western  Mail." 
Archibald  Croswell  removed  to  Schoharie,  and  became  a  tanner  at 
Gilboa.  They  were  joined  by  their  younger  brothers,  Caleb  and  Harry, 
previous  to  1800.  Thomas  O'Hara  studied  medicine,  and  was  for 
very  many  years  the  best  known  physician  in  the  county.  He 
died  before  1856.  His  wife,  Ruth  Croswell,  died  January  7,  1862, 
in  her  ninety-seventh  year.  He  Mas  a  firm  and  consistent  member  of 
St.  Luke's  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  warden  and  vestryman.  The 
Hon.  James  D.  Pinckney,  in  a  paper  written  in  1856,  published  in 
"Sketches  of  Catskill,"  1868,  says  of  him  on  page  19:  "My  earliest 
recollections  of  Dr.  Croswell  are  associated  with  the  sugar-plums  and 
C  472    ] 


JOHN  REED 

licorice-sticks  with  which  his  capacious  pockets  were  stored,  and 
which,  for  all  my  joutliful  ai/ments,  were  a  sovereign  panacea  whose 
sweet  flavor  still  seems  to  linger  on  my  tongue.  I  remember  his  kind 
looks  and  cheerful  laugh,  and  can  recall  the  very  words  of  the  nursery 
songs  which  he  essayed  to  sing,  albeit  the  melody  was  not  of  the  rich- 
est, nor  the  music  precisely  such  as  would  be  adapted  to  a  modern 
concert-room,  for  the  c/uejht  merits  of  the  Doctor's  warbling  was  that 
it  came  directly  up  from  his  benevolent  heart. 

"  Many  years  ago — long  before  I  can  remember — he  came  to  Cats- 
kill,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine.  He  also,  in  connection 
with  his  brother  Mackay,  established  a  weekly  newspaper,  of  which 
there  were  but  few  then  in  existence  in  the  country. 

"In  this  little  printing  office,  all  the  time  which  could  be  spared 
from  the  arduous  duties  of  a  physician  in  a  new,  extensive  and 
sparsely  settled  district,  was  occupied  in  the  printing  for  a  wide  range 
of  country,  and  the  hebdomadal  publication  of  a  paper  which  soon 
became  a  necessity  to  the  inhabitants  of  all  the  region  South  of  Al- 
bany, and  between  the  Hudson  River  and  the  then  far-off  Susque- 
hanna and  Chenango. 

"  Many  a  long  night,  passing  into  morning,  found  him  engaged  at 
the  'case,'  or  in  carving  wood-cuts,  rude  enough,  truly,  but  which 
in  those  primitive  days  were  viewed  with  as  much  admiration  as 
are  now  the  productions  of  the  burins  of  our  most  finished  artists. — 
Morning  succeeded  night  but  to  call  him  to  the  sick  chambers  of  his 
patients,  and  thus  day  and  night  were  but  changes  of  a  toil  of  which 
the  profession  in  these  days  can  scarcely  be  conceptible.  In  process 
of  time  a  Post  Office  was  established  at  Catskill,  and  the  Doctor  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  Postmaster  under  the  hand  of  George  Wash- 
ington. How  well  and  how  faithfully  he  performed  the  duties,  may 
be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  through  all  administrations  of  the 
Government,  and  through  all  the  mutations  of  polidcs,  he  held  the 
appointment  for  fifty  years,  and  only  resigned  it  into  the  hands  of 
Death. 

"So  from  his  early  manhood  to  old  age  he  lived  and  labored  in  the 
Village  of  Catskill.  Many  whose  first  earthly  gaze  was  upon  the  Doc- 
tor's face,  grew  up,  through  childhood  and  youth,  to  man's  estate, 
and  then  gave  their  last  look  to  that  same  kind  face  as  they  passed 
away  forever.  Few  who  began  life  with  him  here,  remain,  and  yet  he 
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lingered  to  minister  to  the  children  and  children's  children  of  his  early 
associates  and  friends. 

"With  no  family,  except  his  excellent  wife,  who  still  survives,  he 
acquired  a  fair  proportion  of  the  world's  goods,  and  was  esteemed 
quite  wealthy.  Possessed  of  a  liberal  mind,  desirous  to  contribute  to 
the  welfare  of  all  around  him,  and  confiding  in  the  integrity  of  his 
fellow-men,  he  parted  with  a  large  portion  of  his  means,  and  lived  to 
find  his  confidence  misplaced,  and  his  hard-earned  gains  virtually 
lost.  Years,  and  incessant  occupation  and  toil,  at  last  began  to  make 
their  marks  upon  him,  and  one  Winter's  morning  we  heard  that  God 
called  him  home." 

The  doctor's  brother  Harry  became  the  A\ell-known  rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  Haven.  A  son  of  his  brother  Mackay,  Edw  in  Croswell, 
was  the  editor  of  the  "Albany  Argus"  and  a  warden  of  St.  Peter's 
Church. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Catskill. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  294. 


C  474   ] 


JOSEPH  GROVE  JOHN  BEND 

[  From  Joseph  Grove  John  Bend  ] 

Bait?,  0£i'.  I,  1810 

Reverend  Sir, 

MY  son  William  is  setting  off  on  a  visit  to  his  relations 
to  the  eastward.  As  this  will  carry  him,  in  paying  his 
respe6\s  to  his  nearest  ones,  as  far  as  Newark,  I  have  dire6led 
him  to  proceed  to  New- York,  that  he  may  see  Mrs  Hobart 
&  yourself,  &  as  far  as  his  time  will  allow,  whatever  is  wor- 
thy of  notice  in  your  famous  emporium.  As  far  as  it  comports 
with  your  convenience,  I  shall  be  obliged  by  your  attention 
to  him. 
With  respe6lful  compliments  to  Mrs  Hobart,  I  remain. 
Rev  Sir, 

Your  obd^  humble  servant, 

Jos.  G  J  Bend. 

As  I  have  directed  him  to  wait  on  B'p  Moore  with  my  re- 
spe6ls,  I  will  thank  you  for  an  introdu6lion  of  him  to  your 
worthy  diocesan. 

Supc'rscriptiot:  : 

The  Re".  D"  Hobart,  Greenwich-Street,  New  York 
M'  W"  Bend 


ANNOTATIONS 

William  Bend. 

There  are  no  particulars  available  regarding  this  son  of  Dr.  Bend. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 


C  475  ] 


ANNA  HOFFMAN 

NO  particulars  concerning  the  Mansion  of  Truth  have  been  as- 
certained, although  diligent  search  has  been  made  in  all  publi- 
cations concerning  Harlem.  In  the  New  York  Directory  is  this  entry : 
"Hoffman,  widow  Ann,  84  Murray." 


[  From  Anna  Hoffman  ] 

Haerlem.  Oft^' 9']?  1 8 1  o. 
M"^  HOBART. 

DURING  the  vacation  the  young  ladies  of  the  Mansion 
of  Truth  having  denied  themselves  some  few  plea- 
sures in  order  that  they  might  be  enabled  to  add  to  the  sup- 
port of  the  missionaries,  now  send  you  the  produce  of  their 
self-denial,  which  they  hope  you  will  have  the  goodness  to 
remit  to  the  society;  it  amounts  to  thirty  dollars. 

Anna  Hoffman. 
Queen  of  the  Mansion  of  Truth. 

Superscription: 

Rev?  John  H.  Hobart  New  York. 


C  476  ] 


WILLIAM  SMITH 

[  From  William  Smith  ] 

Norwalk  Oc!  1 3 '.''  1 8  i  o. 

Rev°  and  dear  Sir, 

A  CCORDING  to  your  request  I  have  written  to  Steel  & 
,Z~~\.  Co,  because  the  business  admitted  of  no  delay.  You 
would  oblige  me  very  much,  in  furnishing  me  with  a  Copy, 
or  permit  my  son  to  make  a  Copy  of  the  Vote  of  Con- 
vention relative  to  sacred  music,  together  with  a  list  of  the 
metre  psalm  tunes  adopted.  The  reason  of  my  making  this 
request  is,  a  great  proportion  of  tiiose  tunes  is  to  be  found 
in  books  in  common  circulation,  &  an  Episcopalian  singing 
school  is  proposed  to  be  opened  here  the  i*:'  of  Nov!  next, 
in  which  authorized  music  only  is  to  be  taught.  This  antici- 
pation can  do  the  edition  of  the  work  no  injury,  it  will  tend 
rather  to  recommend,  by  making  it  known.  But  if  you  think 
it  would  have  a  contrary  effe6l,  I  cancel  the  request. 

Mr  Feltch  has  been  lately  at  Mr  Whitlock's  in  his  way  from 
Danbury  and  Ridgefield  ( two  of  Mr  Plum's  Churches )  where 
he  has  been  officiating  several  times,  at  the  desire  not  of  any 
of  Mr  Plum's  vestry,  but  of  some  persons,  who  may  more 
properly  be  considered  as  appendages  to,  than  regular  mem- 
bers of  the  Church.  I  am  really  afraid  that  this  interference 
of  Mr  Feltch's  however  piously  intended,  may  ultimately 
operate  to  the  canonical  re6lor's  disquiet,  if  not  to  his  removal. 
Probably  Mr  Whitlock  may  write  to  Bp.  More,  he  seemed 
delicate  about  it,  but  I  urged  him  to  do  it  immediately.  Mr 
Feltch  defends  himself,  by  saying  it  was  done  with  Mr  Plum's 
approbation.  But  even  that  does  not  san6lion  the  proceed- 
ing, for  tho'  a  Clergyman  is  appointed  by  his  Bp.  to  take  care 
of  his  cure,  he  cannot  dejiire,  appoint  one  to  supply  his  place 
for  one  single  Sunday,  when  this  is  done,  it  stands  upon  mere 
C  477  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

courtesy  and  not  upon  canon.  I  shall  offer  no  other  apology 
for  making  this  communication,  than  that  I  shall  never  cease 
to  promote,  as  far  as  I  can,  "decency  and  good  order." 
With  respeft  and  esteem 

I  am  Rev^  &  dear  Sir 

Your  aff!  br^  &  hu!  seT' 

William  Smith 

P.S.  my  son  WiUiam  will  have  the  pleasure  of  handing  you 
this  missive. 
Excuse  erasures.  I  am  very  unwell  today. 

Superscription  : 

Rev?,  Henry  HobartD.D.  N?  Greenwich  S'  New  York 
fav"!  by      "I 
W.  Smith/ 


ANNOTATIONS 

Oliver  Steele  &  Co. 

For  sketch  of  Oliver  Steele  see  Volume  V,  page  32. 

William  Smith,  Jr. 

William  was  the  third  son  of  William  and  Magdalen  (Milne)  Smith. 
He  appears  to  have  been  an  assistant  in  the  classical  school  kept  by 
his  father  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut. 

Nathan  Felch. 

Nathan  Felch  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Moore,  October  13, 1809. 
He  took  charge  of  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Bedford,  and  St.  James's, 
North  Salem,  in  Westchester  County,  in  1809.  Irregularities  and  for- 
mal complaints  as  to  various  incidents  unbecoming  the  character  of 
a  clergyman  led  to  his  deposition  by  Bishop  Hobart  in  1817. 

Henry  Whitlock. 

Henry  Whitlock  was  graduated  from  Williams  College,  Williams- 
town,  Massachusetts,  in  1798.  He  was  made  deacon  by  the  Rt.  Rev. 

C  478   ] 


WILLIAM  SMITH 

Dr.  Provoost,  October  12,  1800,  and  ordained  priest  by  the  same 
Bishop  in  1802.  In  1804  he  became  rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Nor- 
walk,  with  the  charge  of  St.  Matthew's  Churcli,  Wilton.  The  very 
great  sweetness,  purity,  and  integrity  of  his  character  made  an  imme- 
diate impression  on  all  who  knew  him.  His  delicacy  and  refinement, 
and  the  absolute  sincerity  of  all  he  did  and  said,  ga\-e  him  a  very 
strong  hold  on  the  affection  of  the  people.  In  1811  he  became  assistant 
to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bela  Hubbard  in  Trinity  Church,  New  Haven.  Upon 
Dr.  Hubbard's  death  in  1812  he  was  chosen  rector.  Had  his  strength 
equalled  his  will,  few  men  in  the  Church  would  have  surpassed  him. 
Early  in  1814,  before  the  new  church  was  completed,  he  was  obliged 
to  go  South.  He  settled  at Fayette\ille,  North  Carolina. From  there  he 
sent  in  his  resignation,  which  \\as  reluctantl}'  accepted. 

After  having  exerted  himself  to  put  the  Church  in  that  town  on 
a  better  basis,  he  died  at  Fayetteville  in  1817,  in  the  fortieth  year  of 
his  age. 

Elijah  G.  Plumb. 

Elijah  G.  Plumb  was  born  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  in  March,  1780. 
He  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Jarvis,  October  12, 1806.  He  assisted 
in  the  services  at  St.  Michael's  Church,  Litchfield,  and  after  his  ordi- 
nation as  priest  by  Bishop  Jarvis,  August  31,  1808,  became  rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Redding,  St.  James's,  Danbury,  and  St.  Stephen's, 
Ridgefield ,  Connecticut .  This  gave  him  full  occupation ,  and  he  was  very 
assiduous  in  his  duty.  In  1814  he  became  rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Branford,  with  the  charge  of  St.  Andrew's,  Northford,  St.  John's, 
North  Haven,  and  St.  Paul's,  Wallingford.  To  do  full  justice  to  so 
many  parishes  at  a  great  distance  from  one  another,  was  a  ver_y  se- 
vere task,  but  there  Mas  a  marked  increase  in  each  and  the  people  thor- 
oughly liked  him.  He  resigned  in  1818,  and  died  at  Northumberland, 
Pennsylvania,  April  26,  1821. 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Daniel  Nash  ] 

1-.  r-v  o  Cooperstown  Oft'  14.  1810. 

Rev  and  Dear  Sir,  "^  ^ 

I  HAVE  once  more  had  the  pleasure  of  speaking  to  my 
little  flock  in  this  Place,  and  I  will  assure  you  that  the 
pleasure  of  seeing  my  friends  and  renewing  the  arduous  task 
of  the  care  of  the  Church  in  this  part  of  the  Country  is  un- 
bounded. I  am  here  free  from  contention,  my  Dear  family  I 
found  enjoying  their  usual  health  on  the  Wednesday  Even- 
ing after  I  left  you.  Nothing  very  unpleasant  occured  until 
Tuesday  when  a  storm  of  hail  followed  by  a  cold  storm  of 
snow  met  us  on  the  Mountains.  Altho'  the  Air  was  pure  yet 
the  transition  from  the  warm  Climate  of  the  City  caused  some- 
thing of  a  disagreeable  sensation,  and  had  I  not  had  the  pleas- 
ing hope  of  soon  seeing  my  family  I  should  have  felt  melan- 
choly at  the  prospeft.  I  should  not  now  trouble  you  with  this 
line,  had  I  not  omitting  requesting  the  Bishop  to  send  some 
Prayer  Books  to  this  County  as  soon  as  you  have  any  to  give 
away.  He  promised  some  of  the  people  here  to  send  them 
a  full  supply.  I  know  many  are  wanted  and  I  hope  you  will 
distribute  as  we  have  need.  My  best  respe6ls  to  M^  Hobart. 
May  the  peace  of  God  be  with  you.  As  long  as  Man  is  a  de- 
praved, self-important  Creature,  so  long  he  will  be  a  foe  to 
real  merit,  consequently  do  not  look  for  ease  in  this  World. 
Your  obliged  friend  and  Brother  j)  n^sh. 

N.B.  The  Bearer  is  a  Presbyterian  of  a  respe61:able  family, 
by  whom  you  can  send  the  Journals  if  printed.  pj  -^r 

Rev  John  H.  Hobart 

Superscription : 

[Tarn]  H.  Hobart  D.D.  New  York  [tor^]  ich  Street  N£  46. 

:  480  ] 


DANIEL  BURHANS 

DANIEL,  a  son  of  Henry  Burhans,  a  British  officer  in  the  last 
French  and  Indian  War,  w  as  born  at  Slierman,  Connecticut, 
July  7,  1763.  He  was  earnestly  desirous  of  obtaining  an  education, 
M  hich  the  poverty  of  the  family  did  not  permit.  One  of  his  teachers  had 
promised  to  help  him,  and  he  took,  when  seventeen,  a  long  journey, 
only  to  find  his  friend  dying.  Young  Burhans  did  not  return  home, 
but  went  through  the  Berkshire  Hills  to  Lanesborough,  Massachu- 
setts, ^\■here  he  put  himself  under  the  instruction  of  the  principal  of  the 
academy,  who  was  not  very  deeply  versed  in  knowledge,  and  when 
he  went  away  Daniel  was  made  principal.  A  new  brick  school-house 
was  built  for  him,  ^hich  \\as  soon  filled  with  pupils. 

The  introduction  of  Daniel  Burhans  to  the  Church  was  the  result 
of  a  religious  excitement  in  the  town  and  his  casual  reading  of  the 
Articles  of  Religion,  a\  ithout  knowing  m  hat  religious  body  had  set 
them  forth.  He  then  made  the  acquaintance  of  the  Rev.  Gideon  Bost- 
wick  of  Great  Barrington,  who  was  giving  one-fourth  of  his  time  to 
Lanesborough,  and  was  received  into  the  Church,  and  appointed  as 
lay  reader  to  officiate  on  the  Sundays  when  the  minister  was  absent. 
Under  that  great  missionary  and  well-read  scholar  Mr.  Burhans  stud- 
ied theology.  He  was  presented  for  ordination  to  Bishop  Seabury,  June 
5, 1793,  when  the  Bishop's  son,  Charles,  was  also  made  deacon. 

The  unexpected  death  of  Mr.  Bostwick,  June  13, 1793,  left  to  thecare 
of  the  young  deacon  the  Berkshire  mission,  which  was  very  extensive, 
including  several  towns  in  New  York  and  Vermont.  On  June  8, 1794, 
Mr.  Burhans  was  ordained  priest  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Seabury,  in 
Trinity  Church,  New  Haven,  and  in  1799  he  became  rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Newtown,  Connecticut,  then  the  largest  country  parish  in  the 
state.  Here  he  was  as  energetic  and  careful  as  in  the  mountains.  The 
confirmation  classes  were  large  and  the  communicants  increased.  Dr. 
Burhans  was  a  strong  factor  in  all  matters  concerning  the  interests  of 
the  diocese,  a  member  of  the  standing  committee,  and  deputy  to  the 
General  Convention.  He  took  a  great  interest  in  the  establishment  of  the 
General  Theological  Seminar}',  and  secured  subscriptions  for  it  in 
various  parts  of  the  country.  He  resigned  in  1830.  For  a  year  he  had 
no  permanent  parochial  charge,  but  officiated  at  Christ  Church,  Rox- 
bury,St.  Paul's,  Woodbury,  and  Christ  Church,  Bethlehem.  He  then 
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accepted  the  rectorship  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Plymouth.  He  worked 
there  with  enthusiasm  for  six  years.  He  officiated  for  one  year  for  the 
Churches  at  Oxford  and  Zoar,  and  finally  retired  from  active  duty 
in  1844. 

Dr.  Burhans  passed  the  closing  years  of  his  life  at  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York.  His  vigour  of  mind  and  body  were  not  impaired,  and 
he  was  in  his  ninety-first  year  when  he  began  writing  his  "Auto- 
biography," of  which  a  portion  is  extant  in  manuscript.  His  know- 
ledge of  Connecticut  history  and  traditions,  and  especially  of  its  first 
Bishops,  Dr.  Seabury  and  Dr.  Jarvis,  was  greater  than  that  of  any 
one  else.  It  was  to  him  a  great  pleasure  when,  in  1853,  the  House  of 
Bishops  in  session  in  the  city  of  New  York  formally  welcomed  him 
as  the  last  survivor  of  those  ordained  by  Bishop  Seabury.  He  died 
December  30,  1853,  in  the  ninety-first  year  of  his  age  and  the  sixty- 
first  of  his  ministry. 

On  October  12, 1788,  Dr.  Burhans  married  Prudence,  a  daughter  of 
ObedEdson  of  Lanesborough,  Massachusetts.  She  died  May  3, 1803. 
They  had  one  son  and  one  daughter.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife, 
he  married  Catherine  Silvester,  November  4,  1804  ;  she  died  March 
11,  1823.  On  November  19,  1823,  Mr.  Burhans  married  his  third 
wife,  the  widow  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Blakeslee,  who  died  March  12, 
1840;  and  on  May  20,  1852,  he  took  his  fourth  wife,  Anna  Noxon, 
widow  of  Dr.  Noxon  of  Philadelphia,  who  survived  him. 


[  From  Daniel  Burhans  ] 

Newtown  0£l.  17.  th.  1810. 

Rev?  and  Dear  Sir, 

I  AM  often  troubling  you,  but  I  beg  you  would  impute  it  to 
my  zeal,  rather,  than  vanity.  I  have  just  returned  from 
a  Tour  thro'  Vermont,  &  into  Lower  Canada.  I  found  the 
church  in  a  most  wretched  situation,  in  many  places, clean  gone, 
in  others,  the  light  still  glimmering  as  in  a  dark  place,  &  in  2 
or  3  places,  prospedls  promising,  &  nothing  wanting,  but  ac- 
tive &  pious  laborourSjI  beg  you  would  use  your  influence  that 

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DANIEL  BURHANS 

Mr  Clark  &  Jewet,  now  in  Cheshire,  living  on  the  charity,  of 
the  good  people  in  N.  York  may  be  permited  when  qualified, 
to,  visit,  the  Churches  in  that  state.  I  think,  when  we  have 
supplied  so  many  of  your  churches,  from  this  state  we  may, 
hope,  you  will  unite  in  the  common  cause,  &  let  the  young 
men  go  to  Vermont.  Infinite  good  may  be  done,  not  only  to 
the  church,  but  to  literature.  I  allude  to  the  peculiar  situation 
of  Burlington  College,  of  which  D!^  Bowden  can  give  you 
some  account,  &  in  due  time  I  will  give  you  much  more. 

I  visited  the  Hon.  Rev^  Charles  Stewart,  of  St.  Armand 
( Lower  Canada )  one  of  the  most  pious  &  a6five  Clergyman 
I  have  ever  known,  he  informed  me  had  written  to  you,  on 
the  subje6l,  of  obtaining  some  one  to  officiate  for  him  during 
his  absence  to  England.  (One  year)  —  but  had  received  no 
answer.  If  you  have  received  his  letter,  you  will  not  negleft 
him.  A  bottle  of  ink,  &  a  quire  of  paper,  could  not  tell  the 
one  half  I  have  seen  &  heard  of  this  extraordinary  man. 
Science  &  piety,  Urbanity  &  charity,  adorn  the  man,  &  render 
him  eminently  useful  to  the  church,  &  his  name  &  chara6ler 
to  persons  all  around  him. 

In  travelling  thro'  the  State,  in  almost  every  Post  Office, 
I  found  the  "Christians  Magazine."  But,  in  one  place,  viz, 
Middlebury,  did  I  find  that  the  Churchmans  Magazine,  was 
received,  but  almost  every  where  a  complaint  they  could 
not  get  them.  Why  is  this,  where  is  the  blame.?  I  presume, 
several  hundred  copies,  might  be  disposed  of  in  Vermont. 
Several  gentlemen  assured  me,  should  write  immediately 
for  them,  among  whom  was  Mr  Stewart.  I  hope  they  will  not 
be  neglefted.  Unless,  there  is  more  pun6luality  in  Post-Mas- 
ters, &  Agents,  The  Magazine  must  fail. 

While  itinerating  thro'  Vermont,  I  frequently  ventured  over 
the  line  into  the  State  of  New- York,  &  with  a  liberal  hand 

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scattered  some  seed.  I  shall  mention  but  one  place,  at  present, 
&  that  is  Hampton,  about  70  m.  above  Albany,  in  this  place 
I  found  about  20  families,  professing  to  be  episcopalians,  but 
paralized,  &  disheartened,  they  have  a  neat  pretty  church 
ere6led  about  1 2  years  past,  &  closed,  the  floors  laid  &  a  tem- 
porary Desk,  in  which  I  performed  Service.  It  is  now  occu- 
pied by  all  denominations,  &  unless  something  is  speedily  done 
it  is  lost.  I  proposed,  their  uniting  with  2  or  3,  of  the  adjacent 
towns  in  Vermont.  They  were  pleased,  but  said,  if  Trinity 
church  would  purchase  them  a  Glebe  lot,  they  would  go  on 
themselves,  &  finish  their  church,  &  support,  a  Clergyman, 
but  as  they  had  made  several  applications,  without  efi^eft,  they 
were  discouraged  but  said,  if  I  would  write,  they  would  make 
the  following  proposition,  to  the  Corporation,  viz.  The  corpo- 
ration, purchase  the  lot  &  hold  the  fee  of  the  land,  in  their 
own  hands  &  only  give  them  the  avails  of  it,  when  they  sup- 
ported a  Clergyman.  I  shall  add  2  or  3,  respectable  names 
in  that  parish,  Major  French,  Esq  Bement  &  a  Capt.  Adams. 
Probably  these  Gentlemen  will  call,  &  I  have  no  doubt,  they 
will  be  cordially  received.  I  Presume,  you  will  not  pass  by 
unnoticed,  the  bombastic,  &  scurilious,  criticisms  of  Dr  M. 
upon  your  late  Sermon.  The  Presbyterians,  called  it  the, 
"Triumph  of  truth,  over  misapplied  talents."  The  Lord,  pity, 
&  pardon  their  errors,  give  you  wisdom  &  crown  your  faith- 
ful labors,  with  Success  in  this  world  &  eternal  Glory  in  the 
world  to  come,  is  the  fervent  Prayer  of  your 

affectionate  Br 

D.  BURHANS 

Rev?  D!  J.  H.  Hobart 


Superscription: 

Rev?  D?  John  H.  Hobart  New  York 
Fav!  by  M;  Meeker. 


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ANNOTATIONS 


Peter  Gilchrist  Clark. 

Peter  Gilchrist  Clark  was  born  at  Woodbury,  Connecticut;  educated  at 
the  Episcopal  Academy  at  Cheshire  ;  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Hobart, 
October  20,  1818  ;  and  ordained  priest  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Brownell, 
June  13,  1820.  He  assisted  the  Rev.  John  Tyler  of  Christ  Church, 
Norwich,  from  1820  to  1821,  when  he  became  missionary  to  Poque- 
tanuck,  Hebron,  Essex,  Saybrook,  and  Killingworth.  In  1834  he  re- 
moved to  Cheshire  and  officiated  at  Wolcott.  In  1839  he  became  a 
chaplain  in  the  United  States  Navy.  He  died  at  Cheshire,  January  1, 
1860,  in  his  sixty-third  year. 

Stephen  Jezvett.- 

For  mention  see  Volume  II,  page  479. 

The  University  of  Vermont. 

This  institution  was  chartered  by  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont, November  3,  1791,  one  year  after  Vermont  had  been  admitted 
into  the  Union.  As  early  as  1777  the  settlers  in  the  "New  Hamp- 
shire Grants,"  as  Vermont  was  first  called,  determined  that  institu- 
tions of  learning  should  be  established,  and  projected  a  college  or  uni- 
versity. A  liberal  offer  from  General  Ira  Allen  of  Burlington  of  land  on 
Lake  Champlain  and  a  sum  of  money  from  the  people  of  that  town, 
then  onlv  three  hundred  in  number,  fixed  the  university  upon  the  most 
elevated  portion  of  the  town,  overlooking  the  lake.  The  state  endowed 
it  with  twenty-nine  thousand  acres  of  wild  land  in  one  hundred  and 
twenty-nine  townships.  They  were  principally  the  rights  granted  by 
Governor  Benning  Wentworth  of  New  Hampshire  as  glebes  for  par- 
ishes of  the  Church  of  England.  The  first  building  erected  on  the  uni- 
versity site  was  a  house  for  the  president.  It  was  commenced  in  1795, 
and  occupied  in  1799  by  Dr.  Daniel  Clarke  Saunders,  who  then  com- 
menced regular  courses  of  instruction.  The  affairs  of  the  university  had 
been  entrusted  to  a  board  of  trustees,  which  included  the  go^■ernor  of 
the  state,  the  speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  the  president 
of  the  university  ex  q^r/o,  together  with  Caleb  Blood,  Bethuel  Chitten- 
den, Asa  Burton,  George  Brown,  Ira  Allen,  Charles  Piatt,  Jonathan 
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Arnold,  Enoch  Woodbridge,  Samuel  Hitchcock,  and  Jonathan  Hunt. 
Under  their  vigorous  action  subscriptions  were  secured,  and  tiie  first 
college  building  was  completed  in  1804.  It  was  four  stories  in  height, 
and  one  hundred  and  sixty  feet  in  length.  A  class  of  four  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  same  year.  The  affairs  of  the  university  went  on  prosper- 
ously, and  many  men  distinguished  in  the  state  were  graduated  from 
it.  In  1810  changes  were  made  in  the  charter  of  the  institution  in  order 
to  bring  it  more  closely  under  the  control  of  the  state ;  five  trustees 
were  to  be  chosen  each  year  by  the  legislature,  and  other  provisions 
were  inserted  which  it  was  thought  Mould  be  of  benefit.  In  1815  Pre- 
sident Saunders  was  succeeded  by  Dr.  Samuel  Austin.  He  was  a  good 
administrator ;  the  faculty  ^\'as  enlarged  and  the  students  increased. 
Upon  his  resignation  in  1821  Dr.  Daniel  Haskell  Mas  chosen.  On 
May  27,  1824,  the  college  building  Mas  accidentally  burned  to  the 
ground.  The  people  of  Burlington  at  once  subscribed  eight  thousand 
five  hundred  dollars  touards  a  ncM'  group  of  buildings.  It  Mas  deter- 
mined that  three  detached  buildings  should  be  erected.  The  corner- 
stone of  North  College  Mas  laid  by  Governor  Van  Ness,  April  26, 
1825,  and  that  of  South  College  by  General  Lafayette,  June  29  of  the 
same  year.  In  1846  the  three  buildings  w^ere  connected,  and  a  dome 
built  upon  the  central  portion.  Their  extreme  length  Mas  tMO  hundred 
and  fifty  feet,  and  their  depth  at  the  centre  Mas  sixty-five  feet  and 
at  the  ends,  forty-tM'o  feet.  From  1824  to  1871  the  presidents  of  the 
university  M'ere  Willard  Preston,  Dr.  James  Marsh,  John  Wheeler, 
Worthington  Smith,  Calvin  Pease,  Dr.  Joseph  Torrey,  and  Dr.  James 
Burrill  Angell.  In  1871  Matthew  Henry  Buckham,  born  in  Leicester- 
shire, England,  and  a  graduate  of  the  university  in  1851,  became  pre- 
sident. Mr.  Buckham  had  been  principal  of  the  Lenox  Academy  in 
Massachusetts  and  a  tutor  in  the  universit}-.  He  spent  some  time  in 
Europe,  and  in  1856  Mas  appointed  professor  of  Greek  in  the  univer- 
sity. In  1865  he  filled  also  the  chair  of  English  literature.  He  resigned 
both  upon  his  accession  to  the  presidency.  Under  him  the  university 
has  been  modernized  in  accordance  M'ith  the  most  enlightened  edu- 
cational standards.  In  1882,  through  the  generosity  of  John  P.  HoM'ard, 
the  college  buildings  M'ere  entirely  reconstructed.  In  1885  Frederick 
Billings  of  Woodstock,  Vermont,  an  alumnus,  presented  a  library 
building,  one  hundred  and  sixty-seven  feet  in  length  and  sixty-seven 
feet  in  depth,  Mith  a  central  tOMcr  ninety  feet  high.  The  architect  was 
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DANIEL  BURHANS 

Henrv  H.  Richardson  of  Boston.  He  considered  it  one  of  his  best  build- 
ings. The  material  is  pink  granite,  and  the  style  the  modified  Ro- 
manesque, peculiar  to  that  architect.  A  special  alcove  contains  the 
philological  library  of  George  P.  Marsh,  Mhich  is  esteemed  the  best 
collection  on  the  subject.  The  whole  library  has  eighty  thousand  five 
hundred  and  eleven  volumes.  A  recent  report  gives  the  number  of 
officers  of  administration  and  government  as  ninety-one,  and  of  the 
students  as  five  hundred  and  twenty. 

John  Bowden. 

For  sketch  see  page  270. 

Charles  Stezvart. 

For  sketch  see  page  439. 

The  Christian's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  230. 

Middlebury,  Vermont. 

See  annotation  on  letter  from  Parker  Adams  of  March  13,  1811. 

Christ  Church,  Hampton. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  478. 

Peter  P.  French. 

For  mention  see  Volume  II,  page  479. 

Samuel  Beaman. 

Bv  Esq.  Bement  is  meant  Samuel  Beaman,  for  mention  of  \\hom  see 

Volume  II,  page  479. 

Pliny  Adams. 

For  mention  see  Volume  II,  page  479. 

John  Mitchell  Mason. 

For  mention  see  Volume  V,  page  230,  and  for  notice  see  page  107. 

Mr.  Meeker. 

This  gendeman  was  a  member  of  Trinity  Church,  Newtown. 

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[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

PhUad^  Oa-  2o">  1810 

Rev  &  D-^  Sir 

I  WROTE  to  you  some  weeks  ago  requesting  a  certificate  of 
the  marriage  of  Mrs  Lee.  Her  chara6ler  is  bleeding  thro' 
the  want  of  that  assurance,  and  the  bare  &  cruel  aspersions  of 
a  worthless  husband —  She  has  frequently  sent  to  me  for  it,  but 
in  vain!  I  told  her  I  had  written  to  you,  but  that  you  had  not 
answered  my  letter.  Do,  my  dr  Sir,  have  pity  upon  this  poor, 
affli6led,  injured,  woman — and  if  the  certificate  can  be  ob- 
tained, send  it  to  me  without  further  delay.  Send  me  a  copy  or 
two  of  yr  Newark  Sermon.  I  am  often  asked  for  it — Do  you 
ever  intend  to  send  me  the  Nos  of  the  Churchman's  Maga- 
zine before  your  editorship.''  I  want  to  have  them  bound. 

I  suppose  you  have  heard  of  Black  well's  resignation.  Cant 
you  send  us  from  the  head  quarters  of  Episcopacy  ( New  York ) 
a  Theological  Cicero  or  Demosthenes.''  He  must  be  learned, 
eloquent,  amiable,  agreeable,  handsome  &c.  &c.  &c.  and 
above  all,  capable  of  living  upon  a  very  small  salary,  &  of 
doing  a  great  deal  of  duty. 

Present  me  most  respeftfully  to  Mrs  Hobart  &  to  the  Breth- 
ren of  our  cloth.  &  believe  me  Yrs  truly 

Jas  Abercrombie. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  D.D. 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Barbara  Lee. 

For  notice  see  page  470. 

C  488   J 


JAMES  ABERCROMBIE 

Robert  Blackzvell. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  152. 

Hobart's  Consecration  Sermon  at  Newark. 

For  notice  see  page  470,  and  for  mention  see  Volume  V,  page  10. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42 . 


[  From  James  Abercrombie  ] 

Philada  Oft  24'!}  18 10 

Rev  &  Dr  Sir 

"'P^J^'S'  repetita  (forsitan)  placebit." 

IJ  The  certificate  I  solicit  from  you,  is,  of  the  marriage 
of  Barbara  O'Sullivan  to  Joseph  Lee — celebrated,  on  17th  or 
21st  April  1799,  (it  is  believed,  for  she  was  then  a  stranger 
just  arrived  from  France)  by  Bishop  Moore,  in  Pine  Street,  at 
the  house  of  Mr  Michael  Little.  I  must  also  solicit  your  par- 
don, Revd  Sir  for  thus  obtruding  upon  your  precious  time 
my  wants,  &  the  wants  of  those  whom  I  am  bound  to  serve — 
and  I  am  sure  you  have  benevolence  enough  to  pardon  both. 
That  I  may  not  trespass  too  much  at  present  I  will  subscribe 
myself,  with  respedl  &  esteem 

Yr  Friend  &  Brother 

Jas  Abercrombie. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart.  D.D. 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church  New  York. 

c  489 : 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 


Barbara  Lee. 

For  notice  see  page  470. 

Michael  Little. 

For  notice  see  page  470. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 


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CHARLES  STEWART 

[  From  Charles  Stewart  ] 

S'.  Armand  (L.  C.) 
near  Huntsburgh 
Vermont 
Oft'.  24'.f 

Rev?  Sir, 

I  AM  very  much  obliged  to  you  for  your  Letter  received 
some  time  ago,  &  I  should  have  thanked  you  for  it  sooner 
had  I  not  wished  first  to  receive  a  Letter  from  the  Bishop  of 
Quebec.  I  am  very  sensibleof  yourgoodness  in  so  kindly  under- 
taking to  aid  me  in  my  endeavours  to  procure  an  Assistant 
in  my  Parish  here.  The  Rev"?  AbrT'  Brunson  of  Manchester 
Vermont,  writes  me  that  the  Church  wishes  to  employ  an 
Agent  to  go  to  England  to  get  a  Conveyance  of  the  Society's 
Property  in  Vermont  &  the  other  Eastern  States;  &  that  he  is 
desired  to  inquire  whether  I  will  consent  to  take  that  charge 
upon  me  in  my  intended  voyage  to  that  country,  provided 
a  suitable  Clergyman  can  be  found  in  the  States  to  supply 
my  Church  in  my  absence. 

I  shall  be  happy  to  give  every  assistance  in  my  power  to 
promote  the  general  interests  of  the  Church,  &  whenever  I 
go  to  England  to  be  of  service  in  the  way  or  business  pro- 
posed, subjedl  to  the  approbation  of  my  Bishop.  But  I  cannot 
leave  my  Flock  here  without  a  Shepherd,  &  I  have  not  any 
prospe6t  of  soon  procuring  one  except  in  the  way  of  a  young 
man  from  the  States  being  Ordained  by  the  Bishop  of  Quebec 
not  that  I  have  heard  of  any  one  as  yet  offering.  His  Lord- 
ship writes  me  thus.  "As  to  your  question, — I  need  only 
refer  you  to  the  A61  of  Parliament,  which  provides  that  no 
'person  or  persons  admitted  to  the  order  of  Deacon  or  Priest 
by  any  Bishop  or  Bishops  .so  consecrated,'  (i.e.  under  the  au- 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

thority  of  that  A6i,  as  the  American  Bishops  were)  shall  be 
thereby  enabled  to  exercise  his  or  their  respe6live  office  or 
offices  within  H.  M.  Dominions."  For  it  is  clear  that  my  giv- 
ing the  Order  of  Priesthood  will  not  remove  the  disqualifica- 
tion, incurred  by  having  been  admitted  to  the  Order  of  Dea- 
C071S,  by  persons  "so  consecrated."  I  need  only  add  that  your 
readiness  to  serve  me  is  flattering,  &  that  I  shall  be  very 
grateful  for  any  endeavours  on  your  part  to  assist  me. 
Beheve  me  to  be 
Rev^  Sir 

Your  obliged  &  Obedient 

Servant  &  Brother 

C.  Stewart 

I  am  obliged  to  Miss  Aspinwall  for  remembering  me.  The 
Rev^  C.  Cotton  resides  in  the  neighbouring  Township,  & 
should  a  Deacon  take  my  place  could  perform  the  Sacrament 
of  the  Lord's  Supper  here. 

Superscription: 

The  Rev?  D^  Hobart 

Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church  New  York. 

Postmaster  i  endorsement: 

Huntsburgh  V!  3''  Novr  1810 


ANNOTATIONS 

Jacob  Mountain. 

For  notice  see  page  444. 


Abraham  Bronson. 
For  sketch  see  page  388. 


C  492  ;] 


CHARLES  STEWART 

Act  of  Parliament  fur  Consecratiofi  of  Bisliops  not  SiibjeSts  of  the 
British  Crown. 

Bishop  Mountain  refers  to  the  act  passed  in  the  closing  days  of  the 
Parliament  begun  May  18,  1784,  and  continued  until  January  24, 
1786,  which  was  entitled,  "An  Act  to  empower  the  Archbishop  of 
CanteHmnj,  or  the  Archbishop  of  York,  for  the  Time  being,  to  con- 
secrate to  the  Office  of  a  Bishop,  Persons  being  subjects  or  Citizens 
of  Countries  out  of  His  Majesty's  Dominions."  It  was  under  this  act 
that  Bishop  White  and  Bishop  Provoost  were  consecrated  at  Lam- 
beth, February  4,  1787.  A  copy  of  the  act  was  transmitted  by  Arch- 
bishop Moore  for  the  committee  of  the  General  Convention  with  a  let- 
ter dated  Canterbury,  July  4,  1786.  The  third  paragraph  of  the  act  is : 

"Provided  also,  and  it  be  hereby  declared.  That  no  Person  or  Per- 
sons consecrated  to  the  Office  of  a  Bishop  in  the  Manner  aforesaid, 
nor  any  Person  or  Persons  deriving  their  Consecration  from  or  under 
any  Bishop  so  consecrated,  nor  any  Person  or  Persons  admitted  to  the 
Order  of  Deacon  or  Priest  by  any  Bishop  or  Bishops  so  consecrated, 
or  by  the  Successor  or  Successors  of  any  Bishop  or  Bishops  so  con- 
secrated, shall  be  thereby  enabled  to  exercise  his  or  their  respective 
Office  or  Offices  within  His  Majesty's  Dominions." 

The  Rev.  Henry  Barker,  an  expert  on  such  matters,  in  an  article  en- 
tided  ' '  Can  American  Bishops  officiate  in  England  ?  "  in  the ' '  Church 
Eclectic  "  for  December,  1904,  maintained  that  the  restriction  was  still 
in  force.  He  says  on  page  208,  after  reciting  the  steps  which  an  Amer- 
ican deacon  or  priest  has  to  take  in  order  to  have  the  legal  right  to 
officiate  in  England : 

When  all  this  is  done,  the  American  Priest  or  Deacon  is  accounted 
in  all  respects  as  if  he  had  been  ordained  by  an  English  Bishop.  In  this 
way  he  acqu  ires  rights ,  and  is  (we  may  say )  ecclesiastically  naturalized . 
But  when  we  come  to  our  American  Bishops  the  case  is  entirely  dif- 
ferent. There  is  no  doubt  that  they  are  most  cordially  welcomed,  and 
highly  appreciated  across  the  sea,  in  England,  and  are  freely  admitted 
to  preach  and  officiate  as  Bishops  in  the  cathedrals  and  parish  churches 
of  that  country.  But  all  this  is  mere  matter  of  courtesy  ;  they  have  no 
right  to  recognition  ;  no  legal  claim  to  be  allowed  to  officiate  ;  there  is 
no  provision  under  which  they  may  acquire  a  '  locus  officiandi ; '  nay, 
more,  there  is  a  positive  negation  against  their  officiating  at  all." 

[   493   D 


HOB.\RT  CORRESPONDENCE 

And  again  on  page  213  : 

"The  object  of  these  various  repeals  seems  to  be  while  retaining 
the  powers  of  ordination  and  consecration  in  former  Acts,  to  leave  the 
disabilities  (except  those  of  the  Act  of  1786  within  the  United  King- 
dom) to  be  regulated  entirely  by  the  Act  of  1874. 

"As  the  general  pro\'isions  of  the  Act  do  not  relate  to  Bishops,  it 
would  appear  that  the  American  Bishops  are  entirely  free  from  all 
statutory  disability  to  officiate  within  British  Dominions  outside  the 
limits  of  the  United  Kingdom,  within  which  limits  their  statutory 
disabilities  still  remain." 

Emily  Phillips  Aspinzvall. 
For  notice  see  page  444. 

Charles  Caleb  Cotton. 
For  notice  see  page  445. 

Hiintsburgh. 

For  notice  see  page  446. 


C  494  ] 


ELIAS  BAYLEY  DAYTON 

[  From  Elias  Bavley  Davton  ] 

Eliz'''.  Town  29  Oft'.  1810. 

Dear  Sir, 

AS  1  have  a  Note  to  pay  at  the  Branch  Bank  this  week  if 
JTjL  you  can  without  much  inconvenience  wait  for  the  money 
which  you  ask  of  me  until  the  next  week,  it  will  accomodate 
me. 

Be  pleased  to  fill  up  the  enclosed  Note  for  the  sum  which 
you  will  want  discounted  &  I  will  get  it  done  here. 
Remember  that  I  shall  furnish  you  with  winter  apples. 
Return  the  Note  by  W'".  Dayton. 

Yours  truely 

E.  B.  Dayton. 
Rev".  J.  H.  Hobart. 

Superscription  : 

The  Rev".  Doct".  Hobart  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Branch  of  the  Bank  of  the  United  States,  New  York  City. 
For  notice  see  page  180. 


JVilliam  Dayton. 

For  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  386. 


C  495  H 


JOHN  OWEN 

JOHN  Owen  was  born  in  1765.  He  became  a  student  at  Cambridge 
University,  from  which  he  graduated.  He  was  made  fellow  of  Cor- 
pus Christi  College.  Upon  his  ordination  he  was  appointed  curate  and 
lecturer  in  the  Parish  of  Fulham.  He  was  afterward  incumbent  of 
Rigglesham,  Essex,  where  he  died  in  1822.  He  remained  jjrincipal 
secretary  of  the  Bible  Society  until  his  death.  Among  his  works  are: 
The  Retrospect,  1794 
Travels  in  Europe,  in  1791-92,  1796 

Christian  Monitor  for  the  Last  Days,  1799.  Second  edition,  1808 
Vindication  of  the  Bible  Society,  1807 
The  Fashionable  World  Displayed,  1809.  Second  edition 
History  of  the  Origin  and  Progress  of  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible 
Society.  Volume  I,  1804-10.  Volume  II,  1810-14.  Volume  III, 
1814-19 
The  volumes  covering  the  different  periods  were  at  first  issued  sepa- 
rately. 


[  John  Owen  to  Benjamin  Moore  ] 

Fulhatn 
Oftober  30 — 1 8 10 

Right  Rev:  Sir 

I  AM  instrudled  by  the  Committee  of  the  British  &  Foreign 
Bible  society  to  acquaint  you,  that  they  have  unanimously 
resolved  to  present  the  Institution  of  which  you  are  the  Presi- 
dent with  a  Donation  of  Bibles  and  Testaments  to  the  amount 
of  1 00^  Sterling ;  and  that  the  books  will  be  forwarded  to  you 
from  their  Depository  by  the  first  conveyance. 

It  must  be  obvious  to  you.  Right  Reverend  Sir,  that  the  Com- 
mittee, in  whose  name  I  write,  are  naturally  anxious  in  the 
first  degree  to  encourage  Establishments  formed  with  a  view 
to  the  Circulation  of  the  Bible  exclusively,  and  combining  for 
that  purpose  the  funds,  the  services  and  the  afFe61:ions  of  all 

C  496  ] 


JOHN  OWEN 

who  acknowledge  that  holy  Book  as  the  standard  of  truth: 
they  are  however  sincerely  disposed  to  extend  a  proportion  of 
their  encouragement  and  assistance  to  Associations  of  every 
description,  which  comprehend,  as  a  part  of  their  plan,  that 
obje6t  of  paramount  importance. 

Actuated  by  these  principles  the  Committee  have  determined 
to  aid  the  Bible  department  of  your  Society,  by  the  grant  as 
above  described ;  and  they  accompany  this  offering  of  Christian 
friendship  with  their  fervent  prayers,  that  a  blessing  may  rest 
upon  your  Institution ;  and  render  it  an  instrument  of  real 
usefulness,  in  turning  many  from  darkness  to  light  and  from 
the  power  of  Satan  unto  God. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Right  Rev:  Sir, 

Your  faithful  Servant, 

John  Owen  Sed 

The  Right  Rev  :  Benjamin  Moore  Bishop  of  New  York.  &c  Sec. 

A''^  superscription. 

ANNOTATIONS 

British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society. 

This  society  was  organized  at  the  London  Tavern,  No.  123  Bishop- 
gate  Street,  London,  Wednesday,  March  7,  1804.  There  was  an 
attendance  of  more  than  three  hundred  persons  of  various  religious 
bodies.  Lord  John  Teignmouth  ^\■as  elected  president,  and  among  the 
vice-presidents  were  the  Bishop  of  London,  Dr.  Charles  Manners 
Sutton  ;  the  Bishop  of  Exeter,  Dr.  George  Pelham  ;  the  Bishop  of  St. 
David's,  Dr.  Thomas  Burgess;  Sir  William  Pepperell,  Vice- Admiral 
Gambler,  and  William  Wilberforce.  John  Owen,  curate  of  Fulham 
and  chaplain  to  the  Bishop  of  London,  was  elected  secretary.  An 
address  was  issued,  in  which  "the  prevalence  of  ignorance,  super- 
stition and  idolatry  over  so  large  a  portion  of  the  world,  the  limited 
C  497  J 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

nature  of  the  respectable  societies  now  in  existence  and  their  acknow- 
ledged insufficiency  to  supply  the  demand  for  Bibles  in  the  United 
Kingdom  and  foreign  countries,  and  the  recent  attempts  which  have 
been  made  on  the  part  of  Infidelity  to  discredit  the  evidence,  vilify 
the  character  and  destroy  the  influence  of  Christianity"  were  given 
as  the  chief  reason  for  the  formation  of  the  society.  It  soon  had  many 
members,  both  Churchmen  and  non-conformists.  The  subscriptions 
for  the  first  year  were  nearly  seven  hundred  pounds.  In  the  first  ten 
years  it  had  granted  the  large  sum  of  seventy-nine  thousand  five 
hundred  and  forty-three  pounds,  fifteen  shillings,  and  five  pence.  In 
the  same  year  there  were  four  hundred  and  six  branch  societies  in 
the  British  dominions.  In  its  second  century,  with  large  resources, 
the  society  continues  its  useful  work. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 


C  498  ] 


JOHN  REED 

[  From  John  Reed  ] 

Poughkeepsie  Nov  I ''  I  8  I  o. 

My  Rev'  &  Dear  Sir. 

PERMIT  me  to  introduce  to  your  notice  M""  James  Bill. 
I  am  happy  in  informing  you  that  Mi"  Bill  has  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  been  an  acquaintance  and  friend  of  mine  who 
has  frequently  mentioned  to  me  his  future  intentions  of  en- 
tering into  the  ministry  of  our  church,  and  who  has  for  sev- 
eral months  past  been  pursuing  his  studies  with  the  Rev"!  Mr 
Butler,  and  is  now  about  to  propose  himself  as  a  candidate.  Of 
his  talents  and  literary  acquirements,  I  have  only  to  remark 
that  you  will  on  the  slightest  acquaintance,  perceive  that  brill- 
ancy  and  debth  with  which  I  have  long  been  acquainted  as  a 
class-mate  in  college  and  as  associate  in  private  life.  He  has 
been  educated  to  the  profession  of  law,  and,  I  believe  was  dis- 
tinguished in  the  pra6lice  while  he  continued  therein ;  but  a  par- 
tiality to  the  ministry  and  apparently  that  alone  has  induced 
iiim  to  abandon  his  profession  and  turn  his  attention  to  Divin- 
ity. But  he  has  for  some  time  been  heavily  burthened  with 
a  load  of  misfortunes.  A  pretended  patron  has  not  only  aban- 
doned him,  but  oppressed  him.  A  failure  of  a  person  for  whom 
he  was  an  underwriter,  has  deeply  embarrased  him  and  the 
consumption  of  a  little  possession  by  fire  has  left  him  destitute. 
Being  a  young  gentleman  of  a  warm  temperament  and  of 
honourable  and  delicate  feelings,  under  all  this  presure  of  mis- 
fortune and  perplexity,  I  doubt  not  but  that  he  has  been  guilty 
of  many  imprudences  and  may  have  orginated  some  enemies. 
But  if  so,  I  am  not  acquainted  with  them.  I  only  mention  this 
as  a  natural  consequence.  But  knowing  the  man,  being  ac- 
quainted with  the  simplicity  of  his  heart  and  its  susceptibility 
to  friendship,  and  his  love  of  truth,  I  cannot  think  that  he  is 
C  499  ] 


HOB.\RT  CORRESPONDENCE 

guilty  of  an  a6t  wilfully  dishonourable.  Could  I  suppose  that 
M'  Bill  has  turned  his  attention  to  the  ministry  for  any  sin- 
ister motive,  I  should  not  be  his  friendly  advocate.  But  when 
I  recolle6l  that  this  has  been  a  subje6l  agitated  between  him- 
self and  me  in  my  family  for  a  long  time  I  very  cordially 
recommend  him  to  the  patronage  of  all  friends  of  our  church 
and  particularly  to  your  goodness.  He  has  a  small  family  with, 
I  presume,  little  means  of  support.  Should  the  society  be  en- 
abled to  make  him  some  aid  during  the  pursuit  of  his  read- 
ing, I  cannot  think  but  their  subje6l  would  be  well  chosen  and 
their  charity  happily  applied. 
With  every  sentiment  of  esteem  I  am  ReV?  Sir, 

Your  very  affe61:ionate  friend  in  Ch'. 

John  Reed 

P.S.  If  the  proceedings  of  the  Convention  etc.  are  printed  will 
you  be  so  good  as  to  send  me  a  few  copies  by  M!^  Bill. 

Superscription: 

Rev"  John  Henry  Hobart.  City  of  New  York 
p^  M[  BUI. 


ANNOTATIONS 

James  I.  Bill. 

James  I.  Bill  graduated  from  Union  College,  Schenectady,  in  1805. 

His  residence  then  was  Catskill.  He  died  in  1830. 

David  Butler. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  405. 

The  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Religion  and  Learning. 
For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  133. 


H  500  1 


JOSEPH  JACKSON 

[From  Joseph  Jackson] 

St.  P's  Glebe  T.  C.  MJ  Nov.  3,1810. 

My  dear  friend, 

I  HAD  the  happiness,  upon  my  return  home,  to  find  that 
my  mother  had  been  mercifully  preserved  amidst  much 
&  univ!  sickness  in  the  country  around  her ;  &  that  she  had 
escaped  with  only  a  slight  attack  of  Ague  &  fever,  from  which 
she  was  speedily  relieved.  Several  have  died  in  the  Parish 
during  my  few  weeks'  absence;  &  what  is  most  melancholy 
of  all  is,  that  one  dear  friend  &  leading  Parishioner  was  an- 
nounced to  me  by  the  way,  as  having  a  week  or  two  confined 
to  his  house  by  a  pulmonary  attack.  This  is  no  other  than  M"^ 
Geo.  R.  Hayward  ;  whom  you  will  remember  as  among  our 
most  zealous  respe6lable  chara6lers.  The  mournful  fa6l  I 
found  to  be  too  true;  &  how  do  I  miss  his  elevated  &  devout 
accents  in  the  responses  of  our  Sunday  Service !  God's  will,  not 
ours,  be  done:  but  how  often  does  my  mind  anticipate  the  text, 
that  "the  righteous  are  taken  away  from  the  evil  to  come." 
His  loss  I  view  as  certain,  &  hasten  to  this  painful  inference. 
It  is  wrong  in  me,  perhaps,  to  do  it;  nor  would  I  suffer  myself 
to  argue  in  this  despondent  way  (for  in  God  is  our  trust;  he 
is  our  strength  &  the  rock  of  our  might )  but  that  everything 
seems  to  portend  the  same  event  &  final  issue — of  a  total 
loss  of  gospel  ordinances  in  this  Parish  ere  long.  The  same 
dullness  &  indifference  which  I  have  so  long  complained  of, 
has  hitherto  generally  prevailed  with  undiminished  horror:  it 
meets  me  as  a  killing  damp  wherever  I  go,  &  stifles  every 
purpose  of  renewed  attempts  &  labours  of  love,  to  spend  & 
be  spent  in  behalf  of  a  most  unthankful  &  unthinking  people. 
It  a6ls  for  all  the  world,  like  the  noxious  vapours,  the  dis- 
tempered atmosphere  of  this  contagious  climate,  which  make 
I  501    ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

it  hourly  questionable  whether  I  shall  not  be  despoiled  of  the 
few  &  hard-earned  accessions  derived  to  my  health  &  spirits 
from  a  few  weeks'  respite  &  a  much  needed  excursion  to  a 
better  country  &  among  a  different  people. 

My  determination  is,  if,  through  the  goodness  of  Alm^God, 
I  am  enabled  to  execute  anything,  to  present  a  faithful  view 
of  things  to  the  vestry  at  their  next  meets  (which  will  be  on 
the  5^]"  inst. ) ;  &  to  arouse  &  animate  &  encourage  them  to 
meet  the  present  crisis  with  a  new  &  reforming  spirit.  If  I 
can  succeed  so  far  with  them  &  through  them  with  the  Par- 
ishioners generally,  as  to  see  effeftual  steps  taken  towards 
putting  our  two  Churches  in  decent  &  comfortable  condition; 
&  to  have  a  regular  &  devout  attendance  upon  Divine  Ordi- 
nances, it  will  be  a  commencement  which  will  again  give  new 
life  to  my  farther  designs.  But  I  can  well  nigh  assure  my- 
self of  a  disappointment  here.  After  all,  my  dear  &  excellent 
friend,  be  satisfied  for  me,  that  I  mean  not  to  a6l  the  part 
of  a  capricious  novice  by  this  Parish ;  I  have  had  experience 
enough  indeed  to  make  me  a  veteran  in  the  business  of 
sewing  &  vamping,  &  mending,  or  trying  to  mend,  a  crazy 
worn  out  Parish.  I  might  say,  a  misshaped,  ill-made  &  ill- 
conditioned  Parish  from  the  beginning. 

In  the  mean  time  do  bear  me  in  your  thoughts,  &  have 
something  in  reserve  for  me,  if  percliance  any  thing  arises 
within  your  knowledge;  that  when  all  attempts  have  failed 
to  mend  an  old  &  hopeless  situation,  I  may  have  the  solace  in 
the  end  of  trying  a  new  one. 

Nothing  tends  so  inuch  to  detra6l  from  my  pleasure,  in  re- 
viewing the  scenes  which  occurred  in  your  part  of  the  world, 
as  the  recolle6lion  of  my  unsociable  pettishness  of  disposition, 
which  marred  the  satisfa61ion  of  friendly  converse.  I  could  bear 
the  thought  of  it  better  in  every  case  than  in  regard  to  you. 

C  502  '2 


JOSEPH  JACKSON 

To  think  how  it  has  frustrated  my  hopes  in  respe6l  of  inter- 
views with  you !  how  it  has  drained  thejiozv  of  soul  of  which 
I  had  sanguinely  entertained  the  hope,  &  left  every  thing 
unsaid,  unasked  which  I  had  fondly  promised  myself!  This  is 
painful  &  distressing  to  me.  But  it  was  the  ett'e6l  of  extreme 
indisposition  (of  that  kind  which  bears  above  most  others 
upon  the  temper  &  spirit)  &  therefore  must  be  regretted 
rather  as  a  misfortune  perhaps  than  a  fault. 

The  seeming  acerbity  which  I  fear  might  mingle  with  one 
conversation  between  us,  I  am  afraid  might  be  painful  to  you. 
This  was  an  incidental  subje6l  as  it  rose,  but  had  for  some 
time  been  so  momentous  in  my  estimation,  that  I  might  keep 
it  up  with  greater  vehemence  than  judgement.  It  has  appeared 
to  me,  even  to  my  mortification,  that  we  were  stretching  our 
authority  to  an  extreme  &  unwarrantable  length,  in  prohibit- 
ing prayer  in  the  Pulpit.  I  will  submit  to  you  my  reasonings 
on  the  occasion,  &  will  thank  you  for  your  friendly  animad- 
versions. I  take  the  24"'^  Canon  of  Gen'  Conv".  stri6lly  inhibi- 
tory, for  the  sake  of  argument;  tho'  it  is  not  so  understood  by 
several  nor  has  been  at  all  so  apprehended  by  me  till  of  late. 
My  arguments  can  neither  be  given  in  detail,  nor  will  they 
be  perfe6l  or  arranged  with  much  order.  The 

1'.'  Consideration  w'^.'^  occurs  to  me  is,  that  the  privilege  in- 
herent in  the  ministerial  office — intercession,  or  prayer,  as 
well  as  the  sacraments  &  preaching  being  essential  to  the 
priestly  chara6ler. 

2.  There  is  much  call  for  the  exercise  of  this  part  of  our  sa- 
cred fun6lions  at  all  times,  &  especially  at  the  present,  when 
the  harvest  is  great  &  the  labourers  uncommonly  few,  &  when 
the  sins  of  our  land  &  the  sorrows  of  our  Zion  are  peculiarly 
great  &  affe6ling.  Perhaps  ( I  must  add )  for  the  negle6l  of 
this  privilege,  we  are  affli6f  ed  with  barrenness  among  us.  All 

C  503  n 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

this  without  a  possible  sentiment,  dire6l  or  indire6l,  tending 
to  depreciate  our  public  Liturgy.  Only,  absolute  perfection  & 
all-sufficiency  is  the  incommunicable  attribute  of  the  infallible 
Word  of  God. 

3.  Our  inhibitory  Canon  is,  to  my  mind,  an  Ecclesiastical 
embargo;  so  much  more  deleterious  in  its  consequences  than 
a  Civil,  as  its  assumed  province  is  more  serious  as  it  prescribes 
to  men's  spiritual  transaftions,  &  contra6ls  yet  more  the  al- 
ready insufficient  intercourse  between  heaven  &  earth;  it  ob- 
stru6ls  the  needed  supplies  of  God's  manifold  Providence  & 
Grace  wh  are  promised  only  on  the  condition  of  being  asked 
for;  &  is  so  much  more  derogatory  &  impious  as  it  limits  what 
God  has  left  at  large  &  runs  counter  to  express  dire6lions 
&  injun6lions  of  Divine  Revelation.  To  go  no  farther,  where 
have  we  a  prayer  to  the  Lord  of  the  spiritual  harvest,  or  for 
either  the  close  of  one  year,  or  the  beginns  of  another.''  I 
tremble  to  think  of  our  audacity ! 

4.  Instead  of  producing  the  desired  union  &  conformity,  it 
will  tend  to  perpetuate  Schism  &  dissension.  All  this,maugre 
the  present  supposed  good  efFefts  of  restri6lions  to  the  North- 
ward. These  efFefts  arise  from  a  voluntary  &  most  laudable 
observe';^  of  our  excellent  Liturgy,  I  presume  rather  than  from 
restri6live  Canons.  Expedients  ought  never  to  be  resorted  to, 
be  they  ever  so  promising  when  incompatible  with  the  sal- 
utary appointments  of  Holy  Writ. 

5.  The  Episd  Ch'^.^upon  the  supposition  of  this  positive  Canon, 
stands  chargeable  with  possible  usurpation,  &  infallibility;  & 
by  a  Canon,  or  genl  Law  contravenes  an  Article  of  her  own 
discriminative  do6lrine.  Wiser  far,  and  devouter  much  the 
praftice  in  England,  wS*^  induces  conformity,  with!  proceed? 
to  unauthorized  extremities,  &  th''7  encouraging  &  foment- 
ing the  very  opposition  it  W:'  allay. 

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JOSEPH  JACKSON 

8.  What  will  be  the  natural  operation  &  final  effe61:  of  des- 
potic Canons  ?  With  us, — to  make  Dashiell  a  Bishop.  He  need 
but  write  an  appeal  to  the  people  after  the  next  Gen!  Conven- 
tion, sW  anyth?  be  done  confirmatory  of  what  we  suppose  to 
be  the  spirit  of  the  24'.''  Canon,  &  his  success  is  certain — tho' 
I  sh'.'  be  the  last  person  upon  earth  to  tell  him  so. 

9.  All  this  Canon!  restriction,  &  misguided  anxiety,  where- 
fore intended.''  Only  to  prevent  Enthusiasm  or  Fanaticism, 
or  an  unseemly  &  improper  interference  with  the  established 
Liturgy,  by  the  introdu61:ion  of  long  extemporaneous  effu- 
sions. Why  not  let  specific  provisions  be  made.? 

10.  Why  not  prohibit  such  exercises,  under  the  name  of 
prayer,  as  shall  not  consist  with  the  design  the  spirit  &  language 
of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer?  A  Canon  modified  in  this  way 
( should  a  Canon  be  judged  necessary  in  the  case)  w'j  I  think 
be  unexceptionable,  &  such  as  no  Episcop?  w^  dare  to  gainsay 
or  transgress. 

Pardon  my  dogmatic  brevity:  I  write  as  my  thoughts  arise 
to  you ;  calculating  on  your  friendly  candour. 

I  have  no  room  for  a  communication  w''^  I  intended  for  the 
Magazine.  —  But  with  respeft  to  the  Magazine,  its  fate  will 
soon  be  determined  for  this  State,  if  Dr  Bend's  ill  humour  is 
not  speedily  removed.  Our  good  friend  &  brother  Kemp  is  also 
soured  beyond  your  conception,  from  the  same  cause — be- 
cause you  do  not  treat  him  as  a  friend,  he  says,  so  write  to 
him.  I  conjure  you,  my  dear,  dear  Sir,  write  immediately  to 
them  both;  &  interest  them  heartily, by  soliciting  of  each  the 
contributions  of  their  pens.  It  is  for  you  to  fix,  or  to  lose  them : 
&  with  them  the  Magazine  will  go,  as  to  Maryland.  Do  not 
forget  us,  I  beseech  you.  I  remain  as  ever,  with  kind  remem- 
brance requested  to  M^"  H.  my  Rev''  &  dear  friend,  your  most 
respectful  &  aflfe6lionate  brother  &  friend,       Jos.  Jackson. 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

(This  letter  was  begun  &  ended  at  very  different  dates  — 
from  interruption  in  the  first  instance,  &  afterwards  by  an 
interval  of  indisposition  &  sickness.  Decemb.  22, 1810. ) 

Superscription: 

The  Rev?  Df  Hobart,  City  of  New-York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

George  Robins  Hayzvard. 

Mr.  Hay  ward  belonged  to  a  family  long  settled  at  Bailey's  Neck,  Tal- 
bot County,  Maryland.  He  was  a  son  of  William  and  Margaret  (Rob- 
ins) Hay  ward.  He  married  Margaret  Smith,  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
Smith,  a  merchant  of  Chestertown.  He  died  December  19, 1811,  and 
is  buried  in  the  family  lot  on  their  estate,  Locust  Grove.  Upon  his 
tombstone  is  this  inscription  : 

"George  Robins  Hayward  Esquire,  departed  this  Life  Dec.  19th, 
1811,  Aged  44  years  and  3  months.  This  tribute  of  love  is  dedicated 
to  his  memory  by  his  wife  Margaret  Hayward." 

Constitution  and  Ca?ions,  1808. 

The  canons  passed  at  the  General  Convention  of  1808  together  with 
those  adopted  previously  were  renumbered  and  with  the  constitution 
issued  in  a  pamphlet  form.  The  title  was: 

Canons  for  the  Government  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America  :  being  the  Substance  of  Various  Canons 
adopted  in  General  Conventions  of  said  Church,  held  in  the  Years 
of  our  Lord  1789,  1792,  1795,  1799,  1801,  1804,  and  n9w  set  forth, 
with  Alterations  and  Additions,  in  General  Convention,  a.d.  1808. 
To  which  are  annexed,  the  Constitution  of  the  Church,  the  Prayer  to 
be  used  at  the  meetings  of  Convention  ;  and  the  Course  of  Ecclesias- 
tical Studies.  New-York  :  Printed  by  T.  &  J.  Swords,  No.  160  Pearl- 
street.  1808." 
The  text  of  the  Canon  referred  to  is  Canon  XXXIV : 


n  506  ] 


JOSEPH  JACKSON 

Of  the  Use  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer 
Every  Minister  shall,  before  all  sermons  and  lectures,  and  on  all  other 
occasions  of  public  worship,  use  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  as  the 
same  is  or  may  be  established  by  the  authority  of  the  General  Con- 
vention of  this  Church.  And  in  performing  said  service,  no  other 
prayer  shall  be  used  than  those  prescribed  by  the  said  book. 

The  first  canon  on  the  subject  was  enacted  in  1789  as  Canon  Ten, 
in  this  form: 

1789. 
E\ery  minister  shall,  before  all  sermons  and  lectures,  use  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer,  as  the  same  shall  be  set  forth  and  established  by  the 
authority  of  this  or  some  future  General  Convention;  and  until  such 
establishment  of  an  uniform  book  of  common  praj-er  in  this  Church, 
every  minister  shall  read  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  directed  to 
be  used  by  the  Convention  of  the  Church  in  the  State  in  Mhich  he 
resides;  and  no  other  prayer  shall  be  used,  besides  those  contained  in 
the  said  book. 

In  the  revision  of  the  canons  made  in  1832,  it  was  renumbered  Canon 
XLV.  It  remained  unchanged  until  the  year  1904,  when  it  was  re- 
pealed. This  action  was  taken  in  the  course  of  a  thorough  revision 
of  the  Canons  and  the  final  adoption  of  the  new  code  in  that  year. 
It  gre\\-  partly  out  of  the  results  of  the  Memorial  Movement  of  1853 
and  the  larger  liberty  in  the  use  of  the  Book  of  Common  Praver  since 
1886,  and  partly  from  a  desire  to  omit  certain  ritual  restrictions  added 
to  the  Canon  in  1877. 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 

James  Kemp. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  336. 


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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[From  Jane  Tongrelou  Dayton] 

Thursday  Even? 

My  Dear  Sir, 

M?  Dayton  call'd  this  morning  to  tell  me  your  message 
respe6ling  the  trees,  I  am  rather  apprehensive  this  let- 
ter may  be  too  late  but  if  is  not  I  will  thank  you  to  get  me — 
One  Green  Gage 
1  Cluster  Plumb 
1  Black  Heart  Cherry 
1  Honey  Cherry 

1  Vergeleu  (or  white  Beurre)  Pear 
1  Jargonelle  Pear 
M''  D.  mention'd  you  had  some  idea  of  going  to  Flushing 
yourself,  if  you  should  I  would  wish  the  Trees  of  as  large 
size  as  you  can  get  them. 

We  are  quite  disappointed  that  you  have  changed  your  ar- 
rangements for  Sunday  however  I  hope  my  Sister  will  come 
out  with  you  on  Monday  which  will  in  some  measure  atone  for 
the  disappointment.  I  cannot  but  regret  that  you  are  losing 
this  fine  weather  for  your  improvements  at  the  Hills. 

I  hope  Mr  How's  furniture  reach 'd  him  in  good  order  they 
were  detain 'd  in  the  Creek  a  day  or  two  after  they  were  put 
on  board  which  I  was  apprehensive  might  prove  a  disappoint- 
ment, but  it  was  unavoidable.  With  Affec^lionate  regards  to 
my  Sister  I  am  my  Dear  Brother  Yours  affe6lionately 

J.  T.  Dayton. 

Superscription: 

Rev"  Doctor  Hobart  N°  46,  Greenwich  Street,  New  York. 

Postmarked: 

Eliz.  Town,  Nov.  1 1 . 

Endorsement: 

M«s  W"  Dayton.  1 8 10. 

C  508  ] 


JANE  TONGRELOU  DAYTON 

ANNOTATIONS 

Elias  Bay  ley  Dayton. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  303. 

The  Prince  Nurseries. 

The  nurseries  alluded  to  b}^  Mrs.  Da)'ton  were  those  of  Benjamin 
Prince  &  Co.  See  sketch  preceding  their  letter  of  April  23,  1817.  It  is, 
however,  timely  to  insert  here  the  advertisement  which  appeared  in 
the  "New  York  Evening  Post"  for  Tuesday,  March  20,  1810  : 

Fruit  &  Forest  Trees. 
William  &  Benjamin  Prince  have  for  sale  at  their  Nursery  at  Flush- 
ing L.  I.  near  New- York,  a  large  assortment  of  the  best  grafted 
Apple  trees.  Pears,  Plums,  Cherries,  Peaches,  Nectarine  and  Apricot 
trees  of  the  most  approved  European  and  American  kinds,  also 
Quince,  Mulberry  and  Fig  trees,  a  great  variety  of  the  best  and  larg- 
est sized  imported  Gooseberries,  Currants,  Rasberry  and  Strawberry 
Plants,  European  Mountain  Ash,  much  admired  for  the  beauty  of  its 
foliage  and  flowers,  and  the  rich  scarlet  of  its  fruit,  which  continues 
on  the  tree  in  clusters  for  several  months,  flowering  horse  Chestnut 
trees  of  a  large  size,  Chinquepin  or  Dwarf  Garden  Chestnut,  Illinois 
or  Pecan  nut,  Madeira  or  English  walnut,  English  or  small  leaved 
Elm,  Scotch  and  American  Elms  with  large  leaves,  European  linden 
or  lime  trees,  \\eeping  and  other  ^\•illows,  weeping  and  American 
white  ash,  weeping  Birch,  Coccygria  or  Venetian  Shumach,  a  tree 
of  very  singular  appearance,  covered  in  June  and  July  vith  tufts  of 
russet  coloured  down.  The  flowering  althea  frutex,  a  variety  of  the 
most  admired  Orange,  Lemon  and  Citron  trees  in  boxes.  Magnolias 
of  diiferent  sorts  raised  from  seed  and  naturalized  to  an  upland  soil, 
and  a  great  variety  of  roses  and  other  flowering  shrubs  and  plants, 
catalogues  of  which  may  be  had  at  the  store  of  Messrs.  Hull  &  Bowne, 
No.  146  Pearl-st.  where  orders  left  will  be  duly  attended  to  and  the 
trees  if  required,  carefully  packed  in  matts,  casks  or  boxes,  and  de- 
livered free  of  freight  at  Crane-wharf,  New- York. 

Thomas  Tardley  Hoiv. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 

C  509  :i 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Frederic  Beasley  ] 

Baltimore  Nov.  l6'''.  1810 

I  WROTE  to  you  a  few  days  ago,  My  Dear  Hobart,  but 
some  circumstances  have  since  taken  place  that  render 
it  expedient  to  trouble  you  again.  To  my  very  great  satisfac- 
tion I  was  called  upon  the  other  day  by  D'.  Allander  who,  you 
know,  is  the  leading  man  among  those  who  have  the  care  of 
Trinity  Church  in  our  City,  &  I  found  that  he  had  prepared 
his  own  mind  for  proposing  a  Union  of  that  Church  with  our 
two.  I  of  course  met  the  proposal  with  cordiality  &  requested 
him  to  converse  on  the  subjedl  with  the  rest  of  the  influential 
members  of  his  church.  He  has  done  so,  &  last  evening  I  was 
sent  for  to  meet  the  gentlemen  concerned  in  the  affairs  of  that 
ch:,  &  found  them  all  equally  disposed  to  a  union  provided 
it  can  be  effected  upon  a  plan  agreable  to  all  parties.  I  have 
sanguine  hopes  that  this  union  may  now  be  accomplished.  If 
so  the  procuring  of  another  minister  by  our  vestry  will  be  ren- 
dered immediately  necessary.  I  wish  you,  therefore,  to  inter- 
est yourself  in  the  matter  &  inform  me  as  soon  as  possible 
whether  some  able  young  man  may  not  be  induced  to  come. 
The  situation  of  a  young  gentleman  in  the  churches  here 
upon  the  plan  now  proposed  will  be  essentially  different  from 
what  it  would  have  been  at  the  time  that  Sayres  was  expe6led 
to  come  on.  He  will  be  upon  the  same  footing  with  Bend  & 
myself.  He  will  have  the  same  salary  &  enjoy  all  the  same 
privileges.  It  is  therefore,  undoubtedly  one  of  the  most  eligible 
situations  that  present  themselves  to  the  Clergy  of  our  Ch: 
in  the  U.  States.  I  wish  you  therefore  to  ascertain  whether 
some  of  the  ablest  of  your  Clergy  would  not  accept  the  offer 
of  such  a  place  .^  Would  not  Sayres  come  if  matters  were  placed 

C  510  J 


FREDERIC  BEASLEY 

on  this  footing?  If  he  will  not  what  do  you  think  of  Chapman? 
Does  he  improve?  Would  he  be  a  permanently  useful  Min- 
ister? I  should  delight  in  having  some  able  sound  &  evangeli- 
cal preacher  who  would  assist  in  pushing  our  churches  for- 
ward in  that  course  of  improvement  &  prosperity  in  wh,  thank 
God!  we  have  now  placed  them.  I  should  like  to  have  a  man 
who  would  give  us  powerful  aid  in  our  nightly  le6ture  on  the 
sabbath  wh  I  think  is  doing  us  much  good  &  wh  already  re- 
minds me  of  Trinity  ch:  in  your  city  by  the  multitudes  that 
frequent  it.  If  the  union  we  contemplate  takes  place  we  must 
absolutely  have  such  a  man  from  the  North  to  assist  us.  Such 
a  one  would  be  of  infinite  service  to  us  whilst  to  you  he  is  but 
one  weight  in  a  scale  wh  already  is  pressed  to  the  earth.  The 
circumstance  of  a  union  at  this  time  would  contribute  largely 
towards  leading  to  an  event  wh  I  most  fervently  desire  should 
take  place.  I  wish  to  see  Baltimore  the  head  quarters  of  ortho- 
dox principles  in  Maryland.  I  anticipate  your  ardent  co-op- 
eration. Were  I  situated  as  you  are  &  you  as  I  am,  I  should 
certainly  give  it  you.  You  must  lay  hold  of  Sayres  or  Berrian 
or  Chapman  if  he  will  do  &  compel  them  to  come. 

Mrs  B:  joins  me  in  the  most  affectionate  remembrance  to 
Mrs  H  &  yourself  &  in  love  to  your  children. 
I  remain  as  ever 

Yr  sincere  friend 

Frederic  Beasley 
Write  to  me  immediately. 

Superscription: 
Rev".  D?  John  H:  Hobart  New  York  No.  48  Greenwich  St. 


c  511  : 


HOB ART  CORRESPONDENCE 

ANNOTATIONS 

Gilbert  Hunt  Sayres. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  December  24, 1810. 

Joseph  Grove  John  Bend. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  375. 

James  Chapman. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  343. 

Maria  Beasley. 

For  notice  see  page  288. 

William  Berrian. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  March  31,  1824. 


C  512  : 


i 


JOHN  VANDERBILT  BARTOW 

IN  addition  to  the  particulars  already  given  respecting  John  Van- 
derbilt  Bartow  on  page  552  of  Volume  V,  the  following  informa- 
tion will  be  of  interest : 

Mr.  Bartow  married  Matilda  Wilson,  a  daughter  of  Archibald  and 
Phoebe  Helen  Stewart  of  Savannah.  Their  children  were: 

Matilda,  born  1813  ;  died  1814. 

Sarah  A.  P.  She  married  September  16,  1834,  Francis  T.  Montell. 

Theodosius.  He  married  Matilda,  daughter  of  Homer  Whittemore. 
The}-  had  three  children.  He  died  Februar3'4, 1865. 

Annie  Stewart.  She  married  Professor  Z.  M.  Phelps  of  Sing  Sing, 
New  York.  No  children. 

Leonard,  died  April  21,  1859. 

Margaret  Maurice.  She  married  William  R.  Blackwell. 

John  Archibald.  He  married  in  1854,  Mary  W.  Singleton  of  Balti- 
more. 

Mr.  Bartow  was  buried  in  St.  Peter's  Church-yard,  Perth  Amboy, 
New  Jersey.  Upon  his  monument  is  this  inscription : 

"This  marble  covers  the  remains  and  records  the  name  of  the  first 
Rector  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Savannah,  subsequently 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Baltimore,  the  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  who 
after  devoutly  serving  the  Church  for  twenty-eight  years  in  the  M'ork 
of  the  Ministry,  having  finished  his  course  in  the  triumph  of  a  holy 
hope,  entered  into  his  rest  July  14,  1836,  and  in  the  49th  year  of  his 


[From  John  Vanderbilt  Bartow] 

Savannah  Nov.  25.  1 8  10. 

My  Dear  Sir 

A  GREEABLY  to  the  wish  that  you  was  good  enough  to 
jl\.  express,  I  avail  myself  of  the  first  Mail  to  assure  you 
of  my  safe  arrival  and  of  my  kind  and  cordial  acceptation  by 
the  Inhabitants  of  this  City. 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

My  reception  has  been  flattering,  beyond  my  most  sanguine 
expe61:ation.  From  Dl  Kollock  I  have  experienced  every  at- 
tention, and  preached  this  morning  in  his  Church  to  a  very 
large  congregation.  I  was  happy  to  find  so  much  Church 
spirit  prevaihng,  that  I  performed  our  service  entire  without 
any  omission  &  with  little  difficulty.  Our  New  Church  comes 
on  finely.  It  is  without  exception  the  most  splendid  building  in 
Savannah,  and  quite  as  large  if  not  larger  than  any  Church  in 
N  York.  The  vestry  are  endeavouring  to  obtain  the  Lutheran 
Church  for  our  accommodation  untill  our  own  is  done,  which  it 
is  supposed  can  be  done  without  difficulty.  You  can  form  but  a 
faint  opinion  of  the  Public  spirit  which  a6luate  these  People, 
and  it  is  not  confined  to  the  higher  Orders  but  pervade  the 
Body  of  the  People  generally.  What  do  you  think  of  the  Sea 
Captains  which  are  only  occasionally  here  subscribing  ^looo 
for  a  pew  when  the  Church  is  finished.  This  money  they  have 
advanced  &  intend  their  Pew  for  the  use  of  their  Fraternity 
Such  an  instance  would  surpass  the  utmost  exertions  of  all 
the  J —  J — s  in  N  York. 

There  appears  here  a  general  wish,  to  accede  to  the  consti- 
tution of  the  General  Church  in  the  U.  S.  Some  influential 
chara6lers  have  engaged  to  interest  themselves  in  forwarding 
this  obje6l  which  I  feel  great  solicitude  to  efFe6l.  Best's  Con- 
gregation at  St.  Marys  have  this  summer  built  him  a  beauti- 
ful little  Church,  but  the  chara6ler  of  the  people  in  a  Religious 
point  of  view  is  very  low.  They  are  a  motley  composition 
of  all  denominations,  which  ( as  Mr  Sands  of  the  Island  told 
me)  respe6l  all  religions,  but  profess  none.  On  thursday  I  go 
to  Brunswic  on  a  visit  to  my  Brothers  Family.  It  is  uncertain 
how  long  I  shall  remain  there,  but  not  longer  than  will  take 
the  people  to  find  some  place  of  Worship.  When  I  return  will 
see  what  I  can  do  for  the  Magazine.  The  Prospe6t  I  think 

[  514  ] 


JOHN  VANDERBILT  BARTOW 

very  good,  and  have  no  doubt  I  shall  be  able  to  forwaM  a 
decent  list.  I  have  scribbled  this  hasty  scroll  amidst  repeated 
interruptions  &  now  must  abruptly  conclude,  with  assuring 
you  that  I  have  a  grateful  sense  of  that  Friendship  with  which 
you  favoured  me,  when  in  NY  &  an  ardent  desire  still  to 
retain  it  and  am 

with  sentiments  of  esteem  &  friendship 

yours  sincerely 

At  your  leisure  moment  I  should  be  extremely  gratified  to 
receive  a  line  from  you. 
Remember  me  to  Mrs  H  &  to  all  the  Clergy  of  N.York. 

Superscription : 

The  Rev°  D'5  Hobart,  Greenwich  Street,  New  York 
Brig  Despatch 

P.  Pratt. 

Endorsement  : 

Bartow,  Savannah,  1810. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Henry  Kollock. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  65. 

Christ  Church,  Sava7inah,  Georgia. 

The  earliest  services  of  the  Church  in  the  colony  founded  by  General 
Oglethorpe  were  held  by  Dr.  Henry  Herbert,  at  Sa\annah,  from  Jan- 
uary to  April,  1733.  They  Mere  intended  to  be  temporary.  Upon  his 
return  from  England,  Samuel  Quincy,  a  native  of  Boston,  who  had 
been  made  deacon  and  ordained  priest  in  1730  by  Dr.  JohnWaugh, 
Bishop  of  Carlisle,  went  to  Savannah.  By  him  the  Church  was  firmly 
established,  and  a  small  building  appropriated  for  services.  Upon  his 

*  The  signature  was  that  of  John  V.  Bartow. 

C  515  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

departure  in  1736  John  Wesley,  a  graduate  of  Oxford  and  fellow  of 
Lincoln  College,  Oxford,  was  appointed.  His  work  was  conducted 
upon  the  strictest  Church  lines.  He  found  himself  busy  from  morn- 
ing to  night  with  services  for  various  nationalities  in  the  colony  and 
visiting  the  sick  and  afflicted.  His  refusal  to  admit  to  the  Holy  Com- 
munion a  lady  whom  he  had  rebuked,  without  her  complying  with  the 
rubric  declaring  her  intention,  and  open  confession  of  her  fault,  led 
her  husband  to  arraign  Mr.  Wesley  before  the  recorder  and  magis- 
trates and  to  an  indictment  by  the  Grand  Jury.  In  spite  of  the  protests 
of  the  magistrate  Mr.  Wesley  left  Georgia  in  December,  1737,  to 
became  the  founder  of  the  Methodist  Societies  in  England,  and  a 
great  force  in  the  religious  life  of  the  nation.  In  1739  the  mission  at 
Savannah  was  renewed.  In  the  meantime  George  Whitefield  had  come 
out  to  the  colony  as  a  volunteer  helper  of  Mr.  Wesle}'.  He  remained 
for  nearly  a  year,  preaching  to  large  congregations  in  the  Church  and 
elsewhere.  He  then  projected  his  Orphan  House  at  Bethesda,  near 
Savannah.  Upon  his  return  to  England,  January  14,  1739,  he  was 
ordained  priest  by  Bishop  Benson,  and  appointed  by  the  trustees  of 
Georgia  as  rector  of  Christ  Church,  Savannah.  Before  proceeding  to 
his  cure  he  held  services  in  various  parts  of  England,  at  which  he 
took  collections  for  the  Orphan  House.  The  rare  eloquence  and  force 
of  his  preaching  attracted  thousands  of  hearers.  Finally  he  sailed 
for  America  in  August,  1739,  but  made  his  journey  slowly  through 
the  colonies,  preaching  and  pleading  for  the  Orphan  House  that  he 
might  increase  the  thousand  pounds  he  had  brought  from  Eng- 
land. He  reached  Savannah  in  January,  1740,  where  Mr.  Habersham, 
lay  reader  and  schoolmaster,  had  maintained  the  services.  But  Mr. 
Whitefield's  heart  was  in  the  Orphan  House,  and  his  services  in  the 
Church  were  only  incidental.  It  was  at  this  time  that  he  began  his 
assault  upon  Church  vestments,  doctrines,  and  the  Prayer  Book.  Mr. 
Whitefield  gave  up  the  parish  entirely  in  1741,  and  was  succeeded 
by  Christopher  Orton,  who  died  in  August,  1742.  After  an  interval 
Thomas  Bosomworth  was  licensed  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  July  4, 
1743,  "  to  perform  all  religious  and  ecclesiastical  offices  in  the  col- 
ony of  Georgia."  His  work  took  him  over  the  whole  colony,  and  Sa- 
vannah received  only  a  small  portion  of  his  time.  In  1745  Bartholo- 
mew Zouberbuhler  became  rector  of  Christ  Church.  He  was  born 
in  St.  Gall,  Switzerland,  but  had  accompanied  his  father  to  South 
[   516  ] 


JOHN  VANDERBILT  BARTOW 

Carolina  when  only  a  boy.  He  was  well  educated  at  Charleston.  Com- 
mended by  Commissary  Garden,  he  went  to  England,  w  here  he  was 
cordially  received,  ordained  deacon  and  priest,  and  gi\  en  a  stipend  of 
fifty  pounds  a  year  by  the  Venerable  Society.  For  tw  enty  years,  under 
his  faithful  and  unselfish  administration,  the  Church  in  Savannah  grew 
and  prospered.  A  proper  church  building  of  stone  was  built,  w  hich  was 
solemnly  dedicated  Saturday,  July  7,  1750.  The  communicants  in- 
creased from  thirty  to  seventy,  and  the  congregations  filled  the  church 
to  overflowing.  Mr.Zouberbuhler  died  in  1766.  Samuel  Frink,  a  grad- 
uate of  Harvard  College,  succeeded  him,  and  did  his  full  duty  until 
his  death  in  1771.  During  the  Revolution  James  Seymour,  who  had 
been  missionary  at  Augusta,  took  refuge  in  Savannah,  and  maintained 
the  services  until  the  success  of  the  American  arms  caused  him  to 
take  refuge  at  St.  Augustine,  Florida,  in  1783.  He  died  in  1784  on 
his  way  to  the  Bahamas. 

Christ  Church  maintained  its  organization,  and  occasional  services 
were  held  bv  Adam  Boyd,  rector  of  Augusta,  from  1790  to  1799.  It 
is  uncertain  whether  any  services  were  regularly  held  from  that  time 
to  1810,  when  Mr.  Bartow  arrived.  It  is  known  that  ^\hen  Robert 
Griffieth  Wetmore  visited  Savannah  in  1802,  and  when  he  died  near 
that  city  in  1803,  he  was  ministered  to  by  Mr.  Smith,  the  Presbyte- 
rian minister,  and  that  the  funeral  service  was  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  although  the  burial  was  in  the  church-yard  of  Christ  Church. 
Mr.  Bartow  remained  as  rector  until  1815,  when  he  accepted  the  rec- 
torship of  Trinity  Church,  Baltimore.  Walter  Cranston,  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  College  in  1810,  and  a  native  of  Rhode  Island,  accepted  the 
rectorship  in  the  same  year,  and  spent  five  years  of  unremitting  toil. 
He  died  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  July  25,  1822.  He  had  taken  the 
journey  north  w  ith  the  hope  of  recovering  his  health.  Abiel  Carter, 
a  native  of  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  and  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth 
College  in  1813,  went  to  Savannah  in  1822.  He  was  a  most  accept- 
able and  faithful  pastor,  and  spared  himself  in  no  respect.  When  the 
yellow  fever  broke  out  in  the  summer  of  1827  he  remained  in  the  city, 
although  it  had  been  stipulated  that  he  should  spend  the  warm  months 
in  the  North.  He  and  his  w  ife,  after  ministering  to  others,  died  within 
eighty-two  hours  of  each  other.  He  died  November  1,  1827. 

Among  Mr.  Carter's  successors  have  been  Edward  Neuf\  ille,  w  ho 
declined  to  be  Bishop  of  the  diocese ;  Bishop  Elliott,  Bishop  Beck- 

[  517   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

with,  Charles  H.  Coley,  and  Robb  White.  The  rector  in  July,  1912, 
was  Francis  Allan  Brow  n,  and  the  number  of  communicants,  as  re- 
corded in  the  American  Church  Almanac  for  that  year,  was  se\en 
hundred  and  ten. 

J—  J—'s  of  New  York. 

The  allusion  is  evidently  to  Cave  Jones  and  his  supporters,  who 
deprecated  the  activity  of  Dr.  Hobart  and  the  expenditure  of  large 
sums  of  money  for  Church  extension. 

William  Best. 

William  Best  was  ordained  in  1799  by  Bishop  Smith  of  South  Car- 
olina. After  serving  in  various  parishes  he  removed  to  Georgia  and 
settled  at  St.  Mary's.  This  town  is  the  capital  of  Camden  County, 
Georgia,  and  is  on  the  St.  Mary's  River  at  its  junction  with  Cum- 
berland Sound,  nine  miles  from  the  Atlantic  Ocean  and  nine  miles 
northwest  of  Fernandina,  Florida. 

Mr.  Sands. 

A  diligent  examination  of  books  upon  Georgia  shows  that  no  member 
of  the  Sands  family  was  prominently  connected  with  any  of  the  towns 
in  that  state.  The  allusion  is  probably  to  one  of  the  sons  of  Com- 
fort Sands  of  New  York  City,  or  of  Joshua  Sands  of  Brooklyn,  Long 
Island,  who  was  temporarily  in  Georgia  in  a  vessel  of  his  father  and 
had  business  interests  there. 

Theodosius  Bartow,  M.D.,  or  Afitony  Abramse  Bartow,  or 
Leonard  Bartoxv. 

Three  sons  of  Theodosius  Bartow,  rector  of  Rye,  settled  in  Georgia. 
His  second  son,  Theodosius,  studied  medicine  and  became  one  of  the 
best  known  physicians  in  the  South.  Dr.  Bartow  married  Frances  L. 
Stebbins  of  Savannah,  and  had  four  children,  one  of  whom,  John, 
was  a  surgeon  in  the  navy.  The  other  son,  Francis  Stebbins,  was  a 
gallant  officer  in  the  Georgia  contingent  of  Confederate  troops,  attained 
the  rank  of  general,  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Bull  Run,  July  21, 
1861 .  His  fourth  son,  Anthony  Abramse,  was  a  resident  of  Savannah, 
where  he  married  Miss  Horton.  His  seventh  son  was  Leonard,  who 

C  518   J 


JOHN  VANDERBILT  BARTOW 

in  1812  married  Eliza  Nephew.  All  the  members  of  the  Bartow  family 
made  their  homes  in  Savannah.  Brunswick  must  have  been  only  a 
temporary  abiding-place  for  the  brother  mentioned  in  Mr.  Bartow's 
letter. 

The  Churchman's  Magazine. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  420,  and  for  the  circular  and  pro- 
spectus of  the  new  series  see  page  42. 

Brig  Despatch. 

The  advertisements  of  the  New  York  shipping  merchants  in  1810 
show  that  not  less  than  ten  vessels  were  regularly  engaged  in  trade 
with  Savannah,  Georgia.  Among  them  were  the  schooner  Amazon, 
the  schooner  Theresa,  the  brig  Richmond,  the  brig  Georgia,  the  Me- 
lantho,  and  the  Fredonia.  The  brig  Despatch  is  not  advertised. 

P.  Pratt. 

In  the  list  of  vessels  which  cleared  the  port  of  New  York  October  26, 
1810,  was  the  Cleopatra,  of  which  Mr.  Pratt  was  both  owner  and  cap- 
tain. Its  destination  was  Savannah.  This  is  the  only  mention  of  him 
in  the  shipping  news  in  New  York  papers  of  1810. 


L   519  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  James  Dewar  Simons  ] 

Charleston  30''' November  18 10. 

Rev"  &  Dear  Sir, 

THE  Standing  Committee  of  our  Church  have  directed  me 
to  write  to  you  as  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Clerical  & 
Lay  delegates  of  the  General  Convention,  to  enquire  whether 
you  could  furnish  them  with  the  Canons  of  the  Gen!  Conven- 
tion, with  what  number,  &  in  what  manner.  They  are  desirous 
of  having  many  copies,  with  a  view  to  distribute  them  gener- 
ally throughout  the  State,  and  are  willing  to  defray  any  expense 
that  may  attend  the  procuring  of  them.  It  is  believed  that  very 
few  of  the  members  of  our  churches  in  the  city,  &  scarcely 
any  of  them  in  the  country  are  furnished  with  this  book.  An 
ignorance  of  the  Constitution  &  laws  of  the  Church,  from  this 
among  other  causes  too  generally  prevails ;  to  countera6l  this 
evil  the  S:  C;  have  thought  it  advisable  to  get  as  many  copies 
of  the  Canons  as  could  be  procured,  &  with  the  notice  annually 
given  to  the  Churches  to  appoint  their  Delegates  to  the  State 
Convention,  to  send  to  them  several  of  these  Pamphlets.  Your 
aid  in  furthering  our  views  will  be  gratefully  acknowledged, 
&  we  are  confident  that  you  will  pardon  the  trouble  we  give 
you,  when  you  refle6l  that  it  is  from  a  desire  to  promote  the 
interests  of  our  common  cause  &  of  that  Church  of  which  you 
have  been  so  able  &  strenuous  a  defender. 


C  520  u 


JAMES  DEWAR  SIMONS 

Be  pleased  to  present  my  respe6ls  to  our  clerical  Brethren 
&  to  remember  me  very  affectionately  to  M'  Bowen 
With  sincere  respedl  &  esteem 
I  remain 
D^Sir 

y  Friend  &  Brother 

James  Dewar  Simons 

Secretary  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Convention  of  P:  E  C.  S'  Carolina 

Rev?  D''  Hobart  1 

Sect*  of  Gen';  Convention.  J 

Superscription : 

Reverend  D"  :  Hobart,  Secretary  of  Geii:  Conven'',  New  York. 


ANNOTATION 


Constitution  and  Canons,  1808. 
For  notice  see  page  506. 


[  521  ;] 


GILBERT  HUNT  SAYRES 

GILBERT  Hunt  Sayres  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  of  Quaker  par- 
entage. He  graduated  from  Columbia  College  in  1808.  He  stud- 
ied theology  under  Dr.  Thomas  Lyell  of  Christ  Church,  New  York 
City.  He  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Moore,  October  6, 1809.  When 
Timothy  Clowes  resigned  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  in 
the  spring  of  1810,  to  go  to  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  the  vestry  of 
Grace  Church,  on  May  1,  1810,  called  Mr.  Sayres.  His  salary  was  to 
be  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  a  year.  He  lived  for  some  time  in  the 
house  of  Dr.  Wood.  In  1812  the  place  of  Smith  Hicks  was  bought 
for  a  rectory,  at  a  cost  of  six  hundred  and  eighty-two  pounds.  Mr. 
Sayres  was  at  once  taken  into  the  affections  of  the  people,  and  he  gave 
to  them  the  best  that  was  in  him.  Under  his  administration  a  new  par- 
ish church  was  built  in  1822,  the  finances  were  strengthened,  and  the 
parish  was  in  a  thoroughly  prosperous  condition.  Mr.  Sayres  resigned 
May  1,  1830,  after  twenty  3ears  of  unremitting  work.  He  was  given 
an  allowance  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  five  years.  He  still  lived  in  the 
house  which  had  been  purchased  as  a  rectory  in  1812  ;  for  in  1820  he 
had  bought  it  from  the  parish  for  one  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 
In  his  "History  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,"  Henry  Onderdonk,  Jr., 
says,  on  page  103  : 

"After  Mr.  Sayres  retired  from  the  rectorship,  he  let  no  opportunity 
of  doing  good  or  of  giving  good  advice  pass  by  unimproved.  The  poor 
and  humble  found  in  him  a  benefactor  and  counselor.  He  was  a  great 
reader,  and  his  mind  Mas  well  furnished  with  useful  knowledge.  Hav- 
ing enjoyed  the  society  of  statesmen,  lawyers,  and  prominent  men,  he 
had  a  good  store  of  interesting  anecdotes  that  made  his  company  de- 
sirable. He  had  overtasked  his  bodily  and  mental  energies  early  in  his 
ministry.  Having  for  long  years  struggled  against  sundry  ailments,  by 
great  care  and  prudence  his  useful  life  was  prolonged  to  an  advanced 
age.  Though  a  staunch,  true  and  evangelical  churchman,  he  embraced 
the  whole  christian  family  in  the  arms  of  charity  ;  but  was  outspoken 
against  intemperance,  war,  slavery,  and  Romanism.  He  was  emphati- 
cally the  christian  gentleman.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Amer- 
ican Bible  Society,  and  last  but  one  of  the  survivors." 

Dr.  Sayres  died  April  27, 1867,  at  the  age  of  eighty.  His  funeral  was 

held  from  Grace  Church,  May  1.  In  the  course  of  a  memorial  minute 

C    522    3 


GILBERT  HUNT  SAYRES 

the  vestry  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  say:  "That  this  Vestry  in  re- 
cording tlie  death  of  the  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  D.D.,  the  former  rec- 
tor of  this  church,  are  especially  and  affectionately  called  upon,  in  giv- 
ing expression  to  their  unfeigned  sorrow  and  regret  for  the  loss  of  one  of 
the  oldest  and  ablest  ministers  of  the  church,  to  bear  the  grateful  testi- 
mony to  the  pure  and  gentle  character  of  a  clergyman,  venerable  for 
his  age,  eminent  for  his  learning,  his  piety,  and  for  the  soundness  of 
his  church  principles.  The  simplicity  of  whose  life  and  manners  was 
ever  in  unison  with  the  Gospel  he  preached,  and  during  a  long  life  of 
varied  health  won  for  him  the  affection  and  confidence  of  this  congre- 
gation and  of  every  true  christian . ' '  \^Hennj  Onderdonk,  Jr. ,  History 
of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  p.  132.] 

At  a  meeting  of  the  clergy  in  attendance  at  the  funeral  of  Dr.  Sayres, 
a  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted,  in  the  course  of  which  it 
is  said : 

''''Resolved,  By  his  surviving  brethren  present,  that  while  we  deplore 
most  deeply  the  loss  of  one  so  deservedly  dear  to  us  and  the  church, 
especially  on  this  Island,  yet  we  thank  God  that  he  was  spared  to  us 
so  long;  that  he  was  enabled,  through  grace,  to  adorn  the  doctrine 
of  God  our  Savior,  as  a  wise,  prudent,  learned,  holy,  faithful  minis- 
ter of  Christ  for  more  than  half  a  century ;  that,  while  naturally  of 
a  meek  and  unobtrusive  temperament,  he  was  ever  the  bold,  firm, 
decided,  uncompromising  advocate  of  righteousness  and  truth  ;  that 
although  he  was  laid  aside  from  the  active  duties  of  the  ministry  for 
nearly  forty  years,  yet  he  was  always  ready  to  counsel  the  weak  and 
erring,  as  well  as  to  sympathize  w  ith  the  poor  and  afflicted,  to  the 
best  of  his  ability  ;  that  he  has  left  behind  him  a  record,  not  only  of 
untiring  faithfulness  and  devotion  to  his  work,  but  a  multitude  of 
witnesses  to  attest  the  power  and  value  of  his  ministrations  in  wan- 
ning souls  to  Christ;  in  short,  that  he  has  passed  away,  as  we  can 
testify,  amidst  the  tears  and  regrets  of  the  entire  community  in  \\'hich 
his  life  "was  spent,  and  has  finally  fallen  asleep  in  Jesus,  full  of  years 
and  honor,  to  receive  a  crown  of  glory,  eternal  in  the  Heavens." 
\^Henry  Onderdonk,  Jr.,  History  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  /?.131.] 


C   523   2 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  Gilbert  Hunt  Sayres  ] 

Jamaica  Decern.  24.  1810. 

Dear  Sir, 

I  Should  have  been  very  happy  to  have  had  you  come  up 
and  administer  the  communion  next  Sunday  but  as  it  is 
inconvenient  for  you  I  expe6l  I  can  obtain  Mr  Bulkley. 

I  wish  I  could  obtain  some  more  catechisms  to  distribute 
how  shall  I  obtain  them  ? 

Will  you  be  so  obliging  as  to  inform  Mr  Onderdonk  that  if 
I  had  2  Dozen  Tra61:s  I  could  distribute  them  to  advantage? 
I  called  on  Dr  Bowden  and  he  is  positive  he  never  received 
"Smith's  preservative"  against  Quakerisms." 

Should  you  accidently  find  it  will  you  give  it  to  Mr  Onder- 
donk and  request  him  to  send  it  up  to  me  as  I  want  it  very 
much. 
Give  my  best  respefts  to  Mrs  Hobart 

and  believe  me  to  be  Rev  Sir 

Yours  affeftionately 

Gilbert  H.  Sayres. 

Superscription  : 

Rev?  D"  Hobart  New  York. 
To  be  left  at  Mess'^ 

T.  &  J.  Swords. 


ANNOTATIONS 


Barzillai  Bulkley. 
For  sketch  see  page  243 . 

Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk. 
For  sketch  see  page  456. 

c  524  n 


GILBERT  HUNT  SAYRES 

The  Nezv  York  Protestant  Episcopal  TraSl  Society. 
In  1810  there  was  formed  by  young  men  in  the  City  of  New  York  a 
society  which  should  supplement  the  work  of  the  Bible  and  Prayer 
Book  Society.  The  constitution  is  given  in  "The Churchman's  Mag- 
azine" for  September  and  October,  1810,  on  page  357,  with  a  note  of 
commendation : 

Art.  1.  This  Society  shall  be  denominated  the  Pmtestant  Episcopal 
Society  of  Yomig  Me?i,  for  the  Distribution  of  Religious  Tracts;  and 
shall  be  composed  of  young  men,  members  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church. 

Art.  2.  The  object  of  this  Society  shall  be  to  distribute  religious 
tracts,  chiefly  of  practical  utility,  devotional  forms,  &c.  among  the 
young  and  ignorant. 

Art.  3.  For  this  end,  there  shall  be  appointed  semi-annually,  a  Presi- 
dent, Vice-President,  seven  Trustees,  a  Secretary,  and  Treasurer; 
composing  a  board  for  the  transaction  of  the  business  of  the  Society, 
denominated  a  Board  of  Trustees,  of  whom  seven  shall  form  a  quorum. 
They  shall  be  appointed  by  ballot,  at  the  stated  meetings  of  the  So- 
ciety, and  a  plurality  of  votes  shall  constitute  a  choice.  All  vacancies, 
occasioned  by  resignation  or  otherwise,  between  the  stated  meetings 
of  the  Society,  shall  be  supplied  by  the  appointinent  of  the  Board. 

Art.  4.  The  Society  shall  hold  stated  meetings  on  the  second  Tues- 
day of  May  and  November;  at  which  times  their  elections  shall  take 
place,  and  an  account  of  their  proceedings  during  the  last  session,  be 
rendered  by  the  Board.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  meet  on  the  first 
Wednesday  of  every  month,  and  oftener,  at  their  discretion.  Their 
extra  meetings  to  be  called  by  the  President. 

Art.  5.  Persons  becoming  members  shall,  at  their  admission,  pay  into 
the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 
And  each  member  shall,  at  the  semi-annual  meetings,  contribute  the 
further  sum  of  fifty  cents.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  the  donations 
of  the  benevolent  and  pious,  for  the  furtherance  of  the  object  of  the 
institution. 

Art.  6.  It  shall  be  the  privilege  of  the  members  to  purchase  tracts 
of  the  Society  at  a  reduced  price,  to  be  regulated  by  the  Board.  The 
Board  may  have  the  gratuitous  disposal  of  one  half  of  the  tracts  pub- 
lished or  purchased  by  tlie  Society.  All  tracts  presented  to  the  society, 

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and  those  which  may  have  been  in  their  possession  one  year,  shall  be 
at  the  disposal  of  the  Board. 

Art.  7.  Ladies,  by  contributing  the  same  sums  as  the  members, 
may  become  subscribers,  and  ha\e  the  privilege  of  purchasing  tracts 
at  the  reduced  prices. 

Art.  8.  This  constitution  shall  not  be  altered  except  at  the  semi- 
annual meeting  in  May  ;  and  then,  only  by  the  consent  of  two  thirds 
of  the  members  present. 

Officers  elected  October  23,  1810. 

Dr.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  President. 

James  Bartow,  Vice-President. 

Rev.  William  Berrian, 

Rev.  William  Edward  Wyatt, 

Dr.  Samuel  W.  Moore, 

Samuel  F.  Lambert,  \  Tnistees, 

William  D.  Titus, 

Edward  W.  Willkings, 

John  W.  Chanler, 

Jackson  Kemper,  Treasurer, 

Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk,  Secretary. 

The  president  was  a  son  of  Dr.  John  Onderdonk,  afterward  a  zealous 
missionary  and  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania.  The  secretary  was  another 
son  of  Dr.  Onderdonk,  who  became  an  assistant  minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York,  and  Bishop  of  New  York.  Mr.  Kemper  was  in 
after  years  an  assistant  to  Bishop  White  in  Christ  Church  and  Mis- 
sionary Bishop  of  the  Northwest.  Later  on  Mr.  Berrian  was  rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York  City.  Mr.  Wyatt  was  afterAAard  rector  of 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Baltimore,  and  president  of  the  House  of  Deputies 
in  the  General  Convention.  The  society  found  friends,  and  with  a 
slightly  altered  name  and  broadening  of  membership  \\  as  a  great  help 
to  the  Bishop  and  clergy  of  the  diocese  for  nearly  a  century.  Its  bene- 
factions were  extended  throughout  the  American  Church.  Many  of 
its  tracts  and  leaflets  are  still  standard.  From  1840  to  1890  it  pub- 
lished the  Church  Almanac,  of  which  the  first  number  was  issued  in 
1830  from  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Press,  with  Dr.  John  Frederick 
Schroeder  as  editor,  under  the  title  of  the  Churchman's  Almanac. 


GILBERT  HUNT  SAYRES 

Since  1890  the  Almanac  has  been  j)ublished  as  a  private  enterprise 
under  the  title  of  the  American  Church  Ahuanac.  The  society  has  still 
a  legal  existence,  but  has  not  been  active  of  recent  years. 

John  Bozvden. 

For  sketch  see  page  270. 

Patrick  Stnith's  Preservative  against  Quakerism. 

The  author  of  the  "Preservative"  was  vicar  of  Great  Paxton  in  Hunt- 

ingtonshire  for  many  years.  The  book  was  issued  with  this  title : 

""^  A  Preservative  against  Quakerism,  or  a  Complication  of  Deism,  En- 
thusiasm, and  divers  other  ancient  and  modern  dangerous  £rfvrs  nnd 
Heresies.  By  the  Wav  of  Conference  between  a  Minister  and  his  Par- 
ishioner :  Wherein  the  Principles  of  the  Quakers,  or  Deists,  Enthusiasts, 
and  several  other  ancient  and  modern  Hereticks  and  Schismatics,  are 
fairly  considered  ;  and  plainly  and  fully  confuted  ;  and  the  true  Prin- 
ciples of  the  Christian  Religion,  in  Opposition  thereto  asserted  and 
vindicated.  All  being  accommodated  to  the  understanding  of  the  mean- 
est Capacity.  By  Patrick  Smith,  M.A.  Vicar  of  Great  Paxton,  Hunt- 
ingtonshire.  London :  Printed  for  C.  Rivington  at  the  Bible  and  Crown 
in  St.  Paul's  Churchyard.  1740." 

A  second  edition  was  published  in  1 740  by  the  same  publisher.  It  was 
answered  by  Joseph  Besse  in  "A  Defence  of  Quakerism,"  and  by 
Elias  Brockett  in  an  ironical  "Congratulatory  Letter  to  Mr.  Patrick 
Smith,  M.A." 

Thomas  and  James  Swords. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  330. 


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[  From  Davenport  Phelps  ] 

Geneva  Jany  4.  I  8 1  1 

RT  Rev°  and  dear  Sir 

THE  roads  were  in  such  a  state  from  the  rains  which  had 
fallen  that  I  did  not  reach  home  until  the  1 8'.*'  of  Novr  — 
when  I  found  mygood  neighbors  in  theirusual  health  &  peace; 
and  who  were  not  a  little  gratified  with  the  benefa6lions  in- 
trusted to  my  care  by  a  number  of  your  liberal  citizens.  This 
small  sum  has  already  been  of  much  greater  importance  than 
its  simple  amount — for  it  has  produced  an  exertion  that  would 
not  probably  have  been  otherwise  made,  &  by  which  I  believe 
the  building  in  hand  will  be  soon  finished. 

Ml  Clark  arrived  here  on  the  2^^  Deer  and  after  spending  one 
Sunday  with  me  proceeded  to  the  churches  west; — three  of 
which  he  has  visited  &  is  now  at  Catharine  in  Tioaga  county, 
from  whence  he  will  return  next  week,  &  proceed  to  visit  the 
remaining  churches — I  am  fully  satisfied,  that  he  is  disposed 
to  be  useful  &  am  much  gratified  with  the  prospe6l  of  his 
being  so.  His  brother  Mr  W'."  Clark  has  written  me  respecting 
the  propriety  of  his  going  to  the  assistance  of  Mr  Nash,  re- 
questing me  to  write  you  on  the  subje6l.  It  is  I  believe  more 
than  60  miles  (or  even  70)  from  Manlius  to  Cooperstown — 
MrN.  has  churches — but  they  are  not  so  distant  from 

each  other  as  the  churches  in  this  quarter  are — The  field  for 
missionary  service  is  encreasing  in  Cayuga  county, which  with 
Onondaga,  will  perhaps  require  as  much  labor  as  ought  to 
be  required  of  an  individual.  At  Montezuman,  the  residence 
of  Dr  Clark  ( bro'"  of  y^  late  Rev  M""  C  of  Newtown )  about  1 2 
miles  NW  of  Aurelius,  a  congregation  is  formed,  which  it  is 
expe6led  will  after  some  time  be  organized. 

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Another  congregation  is  formed  or  forming  at  Scaneateles — 
also  at  Genoa  about  20  miles  south  of  Aurelius  there  should  be 
some  missionary  attendance ;  so  that  upon  the  whole  it  appears 
to  me  that  tlie  general  interest  of  the  church  would  be  better 
served  by  Mf  W'?  Clark  being  permitted  to  occupy  his  former 
field,  with  y^  addition  of  Montezuma,  Scaneateles  &  Genoa, 
&  going  as  far  west  as  Geneva,  when  I  visit  the  churches 
east,  for  y^  purpose  of  administering  y"  Holy  Com'?  I  take  y^ 
liberty  of  suggesting  these  considerations  hoping  you  may 
deem  it  proper  to  excuse  him  from  going  into  the  county  of 
Otsego — for  even  if  his  constitution  as  to  health  were  ever  so 
fine,  there  appears  to  be  field  sufficient  to  occupy  his  attention 
for  the  present,  &  in  w''  I  am  persuaded  he  is  both  faithful  & 
useful. 

While  a  pleasing  hope  may  be  reasonably  entertained  of 
y"^  growth  of  the  Chh  in  this  late  howling  wilderness,  I  have 
lately  the  painful  information  that  y^  most  assiduous  attempts 
are  still  making  in  your  city  to  prostrate  the  government  of 
y^  church  at  large — and  I  can  indeed  but  regret  the  present- 
ment &  prosecution  of  this  disturber  ( if  not  of  others  also )  of 
its  peace  &  harmony  had  not  been  earlier  made.  Tho  mild- 
ness &  forbearance  are  virtues,  yet  they  may  be  extended 
beyond  bounds,  as  I  am  persuaded  they  have  been  in  the  pres- 
ent case. 

I  earnestly  hope  th'.  M'."^  Hobart  has  better  health  &  th!  you 
are  still  able  to  attend  upon  your  arduous  labors  &  am 
Rt  Rev  &  d'  Sir 

Your  m'.  obed'  affed":  &  faith'  Serv" 

D.  Phelps. 

I  subjoin  a  rough  sketch  of  y*^  relative  situation  of  our  chhs  & 
their  respe6tive  distances. 

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Superscription: 

RT  Rev?  J.  H.  Hobart  DD  New  York 


ANNOTATIONS 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  398. 

Oriji  Clark. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  April  22,  1813. 

St.  John's  Church,  Catharine. 

This  town  is  on  the  southern  border  of  Schuyler  County,  east  of  the 
centre.  Its  surface  is  a  hilly  upland  indented  with  deep  valleys,  through 
which  flow  the  streams  which  water  it,  the  principal  being  Catharine's 
Creek. The  town  was  named  after  Catharine  Montour,  French  by  birth, 
but  a  skilful  and  energetic  leader  of  the  Seneca  Indians  after  her  mar- 

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riage  with  a  chief  of  that  tribe.  She  was  a  good  friend  to  the  EngHsh 
for  a  long  series  of  years.  The  earliest  settlements  were  on  Catha- 
rine's Creek  in  1 788,  near  the  present  Montour's  Falls.  The  town  was 
originally  in  Tioga  County.  In  1809  a  parish  was  organized  by  Dav- 
enport Phelps  under  the  name  of  St.  John's  Church.  A  plain  and  sub- 
standal  building  was  erected  in  1810,  which  was  sliingled  on  the 
sides  as  well  as  roof.  The  first  wardens  were  William  H.  Prince  and 
Isaac  Lyon.  For  some  reason  the  consecration  of  the  church  was  de- 
layed. In  1819  Bishop  Hobart  speaks  of  the  church  at  Catharine  town 
as  being  "nearly  ready  for  consecration."  This  parish,  with  others  in 
that  county  and  Onondaga  County,  came  under  the  immediate  care  of 
William  Atwater  Clark,  who  had  been  made  deacon  October  3 1 ,  1810, 
by  Bishop  Moore,  at  the  last  ordination  held  b}'  him.  In  18 1 7  Mr.  Clark 
gave  up  the  inission  to  proceed  further  west  to  Buffalo.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Ezekiel  Gilbert  Gear,  who  had  been  made  deacon  by  Bishop 
Griswold,in  Christ  Church,  Middietown,  Connecticut,  June  6,  1815. 
Mr.  Gear  laboured  with  great  success  in  the  \\  hole  region,  and  was 
afterward  missionary  at  Ithaca,  where  he  firmly  established  St.  John's 
Church.  He  then  served  as  missionary  at  Galena,  Illinois,  and  in  1838 
became  chaplain  at  Fort  Snelling,  Minnesota,  being  the  pioneer  mis- 
sionary in  that  part  of  the  Iowa  territory.  His  work  among  the  soldiers 
and  Indians  for  more  than  thirty  years  made  him  greatly  beloved,  and 
he  has  fitly  received  the  title  of  the  father  of  the  Church  in  Minnesota. 
At  his  death,  October  13,  1875,  in  his  eighty-first  year,  he  was  the 
senior  priest  of  the  American  Church.  In  1827  John  D.  Gilbert,  who 
had  been  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Hobart,  February  1 1  of  that  year, 
took  charge  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Big  Flats,  St.  John's  Church,  Cath- 
arine, and  other  places  in  Tioga,  Steuben,  and  Tompkins  counties. 
In  his  report  to  the  Convention  of  the  diocese  held  October  16  and  17, 
1827,  he  says: 

"In  the  beginning  of  August,  the  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  visited  St. 
John's  Church,  in  Catharine,  Tioga  County,  at  \\hich  place  he  is  to 
spend  every  fourth  Sunday,  until  the  first  of  August  ensuing.  This 
Church  has  suffered  extremely  from  the  want  of  ministerial  aid.  The 
Rev.  Mr.  Phinney,  of  Ithaca,  has  done  all  that  he  could  for  their  relief; 
but  the  academy,  of  which  he  is  principal,  and  other  important  busi- 
ness, the  distance  of  the  way,  together  with  delicate  state  of  health, 
have  prevented  him  from  bestowing  that  attention  to  them  which  his 
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own  feelings  dictated,  or  their  necessities  required.  Notwithstanding 
these  dark  days  that  have  passed  over  them,  in  which  their  lamp  has 
burned  but  dimly,  yet  it  has  not  become  extinct.  Their  attachment  to 
the  Church  is  unshaken,  and  to  her  alone,  under  God,  they  look  for 
spiritual  succour.  There  are  14  communicants." 

In  1835  a  new  church  was  built.  Mr.  Gilbert  spent  nearly  all  his 
ministerial  life  as  a  missionarj-.  In  1842  Major  A.  Nickerson,  who 
had  been  made  deacon  by  Bishop  De  Lancey,  June  13,  1841,  was 
appointed  to  the  parish.  Dr.  Hayes,  the  historian  of  the  Church  in 
western  New  York,  says  he  was  ' '  a  most  devoted  missionary,  early  re- 
moved by  death."  Under  his  successors  the  parish  grew  slowly.  From 
1863  the  rectors  have  been  Duncan  C.  Mann,  William  Atwill,  Noble 
Palmer,  and  Francis  Fenelon  Rice,  who  has  been  in  office  since  June  12, 
1881,  and  was  rector  in  July,  1912.  As  given  in  the  American  Church 
Almanac  for  1912,  there  are  eighty-seven  communicants.  A  propri- 
etary chapel,  called  the  Lawrence  Memorial  Chapel,  was  built  in  1881, 
about  five  miles  from  the  old  church,  and  in  the  town  of  Catharine. 
This  chapel  has  been  supported  entirely  bv  the  Lawrence  famil3\  In 
1828  Mr.  Gilbert  established  services  in  the  promising  village  within 
the  limits  of  the  town  called  Havana,  at  the  head-waters  of  Seneca 
Lake.  In  1856  an  independent  parish  was  formed,  under  the  name  of 
St.  Paul's  Church.  This  village  is  now  Montour  Falls.  The  rector  in 
July,  1912,  was  Frank  Norwood  Bouck.  The  communicants,  as  re- 
corded in  the  American  Church  Almanac  for  1912,  were  ninety-two. 

William  Atzvater  Clark. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  January  2,  1813. 

Daniel  Nash. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  110. 

Manlius. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  300. 

Christ  Church,  Cooper stozvn. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  361. 


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Mojitezuma. 

Montezuma,  formerly  a  village  in  the  town  of  Mentz,  was  made  a 
separate  town  April  8,  1859.  The  w  hole  region  was  originally  in- 
cluded in  the  town  of  Aurelius.  Montezuma  is  in  the  northwest  angle 
of  the  great  easterly  bend  in  the  Seneca  River,  and  on  the  m  estern 
border  of  Cayuga  County.  The  underlying  rocks  are  of  the  Onondaga 
salt  group.  The  first  settlement  was  at  the  old  village,  in  1798,  by 
Dr.  Peter  Lynsen  Clarke,  Colonel  Comfort  Tyler,  and  Abraham  Mor- 
gan, near  the  salt  springs.  In  1800  the  manufacture  of  salt  was  com- 
menced, and  the  business  Mas  carried  on  successfully  for  many  years. 
In  the  present  town  there  appear  to  ha\e  been  only  occasional  ser- 
\ ices.  Services  were  held  in  the  old  \illage  by  Davenport  Phelps  from 
1809  to  his  death.  The  organization  then  effected  lapsed,  and  only 
occasional  missionary  services  have  since  been  held,  notably  in  1819 
and  1827. 

Peter  Lynsen  Clarke. 

Peter  Lynsen  Clarke  was  born  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  July  15, 1773. 
He  studied  medicine,  and  commenced  to  practise  in  New  York  City. 
He  became  interested  in  lands  in  the  Genesee  Country,  and  made 
a  preliminary  examination  of  the  region  surrounding  the  salt  springs 
of  Montezuma  about  1797.  In  1798  he  took  a  journey  on  horseback 
from  New  York  City,  secured  an  eligible  tract  of  land,  and  made  a 
contract  for  the  building  of  a  house,  paying  for  it  in  cash  two  thousand 
dollars.  The  contractor  disappeared  with  the  money  without  fulfilling 
his  agreement.  In  1798  Dr.  Clarke  removed  to  Montezuma,  and  rented 
the  house  of  Mr.  Swarthout  until  1810,  when  he  erected  a  mansion 
on  the  rounded  eminence  known  as  Prospect  Hill.  He  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  salt  profitably  until  1840,  when  the  weakness  of  the 
brine  made  it  difficult  to  compete  with  the  more  strongly  impregnated 
springs  at  Syracuse  and  Salina.  He  also  opened  a  store  for  the  sale 
of  general  merchandise  and  did  a  large  business.  He  was  aided  in 
his  enterprises  by  his  son,  James  Anthony  Clarke.  He  was  one  of 
the  leading  men  in  the  commimity,  and  Mas  highly  respected.  With 
Henry  Lemon,  George  W.  Fitch,  and  Job  and  Asher  Tyler,  he  formed 
the  Cayuga  Manufacturing  Company.  In  1840  Dr.  Clarke  removed 
to  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he  died  May  31,  1858,  in  his  eighty- 
fifth  year. 

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Abraham  Lynsen  Clarke. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  199. 

Aiirelhis. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  364. 

St.  James's  Church,  Skaneateles. 

This  town  is  situated  at  the  northern  outlet  of  Skaneateles  Lake.  Its 
surface  rises  gradually  from  the  lake  to  the  height  of  two  to  five  hun- 
dred feet.  While  the  region  has  been  known  from  its  first  settlement 
by  the  name  it  now  bears,  it  formed  a  part  of  the  town  of  Marcellus 
until  February,  1830.  It  is  the  southern  town  on  the  western  line  of 
Onondaga  County.  Its  first  settler  Mas  Abraham  Cuddeback,  from 
Minnisink,  New  York,  who  came  early  in  1793,  and  on  July  14, 
1794,  occupied  land  leased  from  Major  DeWitt.  He  was  soon  followed 
by  John  Thompson.  It  is  said  that  Mrs.  Thompson  lived  in  the  wil- 
derness nearly  a  year  without  seeing  a  white  person.  Other  early  set- 
tlers were  William  Clift  from  Vermont,  James  Porter,  who  kept  the 
first  inn,  Winston  Day,  who  kept  the  first  store,  John  Briggs,  Ben- 
jamin Nye,  Robert  Earll,  and  Lowell  Gibbs.  In  1803  Colonel  William 
J.  Vredenburgh  and  Daniel  Kellogg  came.  Both  were  men  who  aided 
greatly  in  the  development  of  the  village.  In  1797  General  Earll  had 
built  a  grist-mill,  sawmill,  and  tannery,  laving  the  foundations  for 
a  prosperous  business  career  for  himself  and  others.  The  first  reli- 
gious organization  Mas  formed  by  Aaron  Bascom,  a  Congregational 
missionary,  as  the  Congregational  Religious  Society  of  Skaneateles. 
There  were  sixteen  original  members.  In  1807  a  church  was  built  on 
the  hill  east  of  the  village.  It  Mas  served  by  Seth  Williston  and  other 
travelling  missionaries  until  1811,  m  hen  Nathaniel  Smith  M^as  or- 
dained and  installed  over  it.  With  Colonel  Vredenburgh,  Jonathan 
Booth,  and  Charles  J.  Burnett,  M'ho  M^ere  fellow-Churchmen,  General 
Earll  desired  to  have  regular  services  in  the  village.  In  1803  Dav- 
enport Phelps  visited  Skaneateles,  and  held  a  service  in  the  "Red 
House"  owned  by  General  Earll.  Services  Mere  continued  in  that 
building  and  the  upper  room  of  a  house  afterward  occupied  by  Mr. 
Burnett,  then  the  home  of  Colonel  Vredenburgh.  The  attendance  M^as 
sufficiently  encouraging  for  the  colonel  to  build  a  small  wooden  struc- 
ture, one  half  of  A\hich  he  kept  for  the  post-office,  and  the  other  half 
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DAVENPORT  PHELPS 

was  used  for  a  church.  After  the  organization  of  St.  Peter's  Cliurch, 
Auburn,  in  1808,  many  of  the  Churchmen  in  the  village  attended 
tliere.  Colonel  Vredenburgh  \\as  a  warden  of  that  parish,  and  Jona- 
than Booth  and  Charles  J.  Burnett  were  vestrj-men.  A  meeting  for  the 
incorporation  of  a  parish  was  held  January  4,  1816,  at  w  hich  William 
Atw  ater  Clarke  presided.  The  name  chosen  was  St.  James's  Church, 
Skanea teles.  Jonathan  Bootli  and  Charles  J.  Burnett  were  chosen 
wardens;  Edward  G.  Ludlow,  John  W.  Livingston,  Zalmon  Booth, 
Stephen  Horton,  John  Pierson,  John  How,  Samuel  Francis,  and  Wil- 
liam Gibbs  were  elected  vestrymen.  It  was  determined  to  build  a 
church,  to  cost  two  thousand  dollars,  but  as  only  a  portion  of  that 
amount  could  be  obtained,  and  as  the  early  enthusiasm  passed  away, 
the  people  made  no  further  effort,  and  had  onh'  occasional  services 
until  Augustus  L.Converse  became  missionary  in  that  region.  A  meet- 
ing for  reorganization  was  held  April  19,  1824,  when  Mr.  Con\erse 
presided,  and  Jonathan  Booth  and  Charles  J.  Burnett  were  elected 
wardens,  with  William  Gibbs,  John  Daniel,  Stephen  Horton,  John 
Pierson,  Charles  Pardee,  J.  W.  Livingston,  Samuel  Francis,  and 
Elijah  P.  Rust  as  vestrymen.  In  1816  Amos  Pardee,  who  had  been 
made  deacon  by  Bishop  Jarvis,  January  20,  1799,  and  had  served 
Avith  success  at  Lanesborough,  Massachusetts,  and  in  several  towns 
in  New  York,  became  the  missionary.  Under  him  a  subscription  of 
two  thousand  five  hundred  and  ninety-five  dollars  w  as  secured.  A 
contract  for  a  church  building  was  made  with  Enos  P.  Root.  It  was 
completed  in  the  following  year.  In  his  address  to  the  Con\ention  of 
the  diocese  in  October,  1828,  Bishop  Hobart  mentions  that  on  Tues- 
day, the  23d  of  September,  he  had  consecrated  the  church  at  Skane- 
ateles,  where  a  small  congregation  had  for  several  years  been  kept 
together,  and  at  last  by  extraordinary  exertions  had  erected  a  neat 
edifice  for  worship. 

The  parish  prospered  under  Mr.  Pardee  and  his  successor,  Alger- 
non Sidney  HoUister,  -who  had  been  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Hobart, 
November  25,  1821.  In  1834  a  parsonage  was  purchased,  which  was 
used  unUl  1846,  when  it  was  sold,  and  the  proceeds,  with  a  gift  of  three 
thousand  dollars  from  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  and  one  hundred 
dollars  from  Bishop  De  Lancey ,  used  to  enlarge  and  improve  the  church . 
The  corner-stone  of  a  new  church  was  laid  May  30,  1873,  and  the 
church  consecrated  January  6,  1874.  Among  the  rectors  since  1831 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

have  been  Joseph  T.  Clarke,  Charles  Seymour,  Albert  C.  Patterson, 
Robert  Murray  Duff,  and  John  A.  Staunton.  The  rector  in  July, 
1912,  was  Frank  Nash  Westcott.  The  number  of  communicants,  as 
recorded  in  the  American  Church  Almanac  for  1912,  was  two  hundred 
and  fifty. 

Genoa. 

This  town  is  in  the  southwest  corner  of  Cayuga  County,  on  the  east 
bank  of  Cayuga  Lake.  It  is  watered  by  Big  and  Little  Salmon  Creeks, 
which  flow  through  the  town  near  the  centre.  It  was  organized  as 
Milton,  January  27,  1789,  and  originally  included  the  town  of  Locks, 
Summer  Hill,  and  the  town  of  Groton  in  Tompkins  County.  The  first 
setder  was  John  Clark,  who  came  from  Washington  County  in  1791. 
He  was  soon  followed  by  Ebenezer  Hoskins,  from  New  London.  Cap- 
tain Roger  Moore,  William  Clark,  Jonathan  Mead,  Jabez  and  Her- 
man Bradley,  and  Benjamin  and  Daniel  Close,  from  Greenwich,  were 
among  the  early  settlers.  The  first  religious  services  were  held  by  Ben- 
jamin Close  in  his  own  house  about  1793.  The  first  Congregational 
Church  in  the  town  of  Milton  was  organized  in  1798,  with  sixteen 
members.  It  ultimately  became  Presbyterian  in  its  polity,  and  a  church 
was  built  in  1805.  Aaron  Kinney  was  the  first  Congregational  mission- 
ary, and  Jabez  Chadwick  was  the  first  setded  pastor.  No  organization 
appears  to  have  been  attempted  by  Mr.  Phelps,  Mr.  Clarke,  or  other 
missionaries  of  the  Church,  although  the  town  was  then  one  of  the 
largest  in  population  in  that  section  of  country,  having  in  1800  a  pop- 
ulation of  three  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty-three,  and  in  1810 
five  thousand  four  hundred  and  twenty-five.  In  the  hamlet  of  North- 
ville  within  the  town  there  was  organized  in  May,  1862,  a  parish  by 
the  name  of  Calvary  Church,  North  ville.  Its  first  wardens  were  O.  L. 
Beebe  and  Andrew  Thorpe.  John  Leech,  who  had  been  made  deacon 
by  Bishop  De  Lancey,  December  19,  1852,  was  the  first  rector.  Land 
for  a  church  was  given  by  D.  B.  Underbill.  It  Mas  completed  and 
consecrated  in  1863.  Dr.  William  Martin  Beauchamp,  the  Indian 
scholar  and  authority,  succeeded  Mr.  Leech  on  his  removal  to  Zion 
Church,  Palmyra. 

Cave  Jones  and  John  Henry  Hobart. 

The  reference  to  the  troubles  in  New  York  is  to  the  citation  of  Cave 

C  536  :) 


I 


DAVENPORT  PHELPS 

Jones  before  the  Con\ocation  of  the  Clergy  of  New  York  summoned 
bv  Bishop  Moore  to  meet  at  his  house  early  in  1811,  to  consider  the 
reasons  for  the  differences  between  himself  and  Dr.  Hobart. 

Si.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn. 

See  notice  on  Aurelius,  Volume  III,  page  364. 

St.  John's  Church,  Clifton  Springs. 
For  notice  see  page  299. 

Bloomjield. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  20. 

Sheldon. 

This  town  was  formed  from  Batavia,  March  19,  1808.  It  was  in 
Genesee  Coimty  until  the  organization  of  Wyoming  County,  May  14, 
1841.  Attica  was  taken  from  it  in  181 1,  and  the  towns  of  Bennington 
and  China  in  1818.  Its  surface  is  a  rolling  upland,  four  hundred  to 
six  hundred  feet  above  the  valleys.  It  is  watered  in  the  eastern  part 
by  Tonawanda  Creek,  and  by  several  tributaries  of  Buffalo  Creek  in 
the  western  part.  In  1803  the  road  from  Big  Tree,  now  Genesee, 
to  Lake  Erie  was  made  through  the  northern  part  of  the  town.  It 
reached  the  lake  eight  miles  above  Bufflilo.  The  tract  containing  the 
original  town  was  deeded  by  the  Holland  Land  Company,  December 
22,  1804,  to  Oliver  Phelps  and  Lemuel  Chipman.  The  first  actual 
settler  was  Roswell  Turner,  in  March,  1804,  from  Pittstown,  now 
Honeoye,  Ontario  County.  He  had  been  appointed  as  agent  of  the 
proprietors.  He  was  the  pioneer  in  the  region  including  the  north- 
western part  of  Wyoming  and  the  southern  part  of  Erie  Counties. 
He  was  followed  in  June  of  the  same  year  by  David  Hoard  from 
Rensselaer  County.  Orange  and  Marvin  Brace  from  Litchfield,  Her- 
kimer County,  Lodowick  Thorne,  Lemuel  CasUe,  Uriah  Persons, 
Joshua  Gates,  Simon  Hoard,  and  William  Vary,  the  founder  of  the 
hamlet  of  Varysburgh,  were  among  the  principal  settlers  to  1810.  In 
1833  a  large  company  of  Germans  took  the  place  of  the  original  set- 
tlers and  their  descendants,  who  had  mo\ed  further  west ;  among  them 
A\  ere  Peter  Zittle,  Jacob  Zittle,  John  Hansower,  and  John  Schmidt. 
The  earliest  religious  services  were  held  by  Dr.  John  Rolph,  a  learned 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

and  eccentric  man,  who  was  also  a  skilled  physician.  He  was  followed 
by  Mr.  Spencer.  These  services  do  not  seem  to  have  led  to  any  per- 
manent organization,  as  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Sheldon 
was  not  organized  until  1818.  At  a  later  date  churches  were  formed 
at  Varysburgh  and  Strykersville.  With  the  advent  of  the  Germans, 
Lutheran  and  Roman  Catholic  Churches  were  organized.  The  first 
Baptist  Church  was  gathered  at  Strykersville  in  1808. 

The  work  of  Mr.  Phelps  in  that  region  resulted  in  the  organization 
of  a  parish  at  Sheldon  Centre,  about  1810,  with  Ebenezer  Jackson  and 
Fitch  Chipman  as  the  wardens.  A  church  was  built  in  1814.  No  par- 
ticulars concerning  the  history  of  the  parish  are  available.  It  gradually 
declined  in  members.  In  1827  Richard  Salmon,  missionary  at  War- 
saw, Genesee  County,  and  parts  adjacent,  reported  five  services  at 
Sheldon  and  twenty-five  communicants.  He  mentions  the  liberality  of 
the  Holland  Company  throughout  the  region  to  the  various  churches, 
and  says  of  Sheldon  : 

The  same  general  remarks  may  be  made  in  reference  to  the  con- 
gregation at  Sheldon.  An  increase  of  zeal  and  of  exertions  for  the  pros- 
perity of  the  Church,  has  been  apparent  during  the  summer  past. 
Much  to  their  credit,  the  congregation  have  so  far  exerted  themselves, 
that  their  new  Gothic  Chapel  is  nearly  finished,  and  will,  it  is  cal- 
culated, be  ready  for  consecration  in  a  few  weeks.  The  congregation 
is  respectable  for  numbers,  and  often  large."  [^Joiinial,  Diocese  of 
JVeiv  York,  1827,/).  51.] 

Services  ceased  to  be  held  at  a  date  unknown,  and  finally  the  church 
building  was  destroyed  by  fire. 


c  538  :\ 


CHARLES  SEABURY 

[  From  Charles  Seabury  ] 

Rev"  &  Dear  Sir  ^'  L-^on janr,  7-  .8. . 

YESTERDAY  I  heard  of  the  death  of  our  worthy  brother 
A.  L.  Clark — And  I  have  some  curiosity  to  know  the 
situation  of  the  churches  that  were  under  his  care.  Whether 
any  clergyman  has  gone  among  them ;  or  whether  they  have 
already  fixed  their  expe6lation  upon  any  particular  person  is 
a  matter  I  am  ignorant  of.  Now  as  M'  C —  was  probably  sick 
sometime;  possibly  either  the  Bp  or  yourself,  have  received 
some  communication  from  them.  Will  you  do  me  the  favour 
(if  it  is  in  your  power)  to  inform  me,  whether  those  churches 
of  Newton  &  Flushing  are  vacant — what  the  amount  of  their 
salary  will  be;  &  who  will  be  a  proper  person  among  them  to 
apply  to,  in  case  I  should  be  disposed  to  make  further  appli- 
cation to  be  HEARD  among  them. 

Can  you  inform  me,  whether  there  has  been  any  application 
to  Bp  Moore  from  a  place  called  south-hold  on  Long  Island 

I  was  last  summer  applied  to  by  a  gentleman  of  that  place 
for  dire6lions  how  to  open  a  congregation  among  them ,  but 
referred  them  to  Bp  M.  &  have  never  heard  since  what  they 
have  done. 

M"  S.  joins  me  in  presenting  best  regards  to  M""*  H.  &  your- 
self &  with  much  respe6l  I  am  your  affedlionate  brother 

C  Seabury 

Superscription: 

The  Rev"  John  H.  Hobart,  D.D.  46  Greenwich  Street  New  York. 


annotations 

Abraham  hxnsen  Clarke. 
For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  199. 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

St.  James's  Church,  Newtozvn. 
For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  piige  251. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 
For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  252. 

Southold. 

This  town  is  in  Suffolk  County,  Long  Island.  It  was  founded  in  1640 
by  settlers,  principally  from  Hingham,  Norfolkshire,  England,  under 
the  leadership  of  the  Rev.  John  Youngs.  Among  them  were  Barnabas 
Horton,  William  Wells,  Peter  Hallock,  John  Tuttle,  Richard  Ferry, 
Thomas  Maples,  Robert  Akerly,  Jacob  Corc}^,  John  Conklin,  Isaac 
Arnold,  and  John  Budd.  The  people  of  the  town  put  themselves  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  New  Haven  Colony,  and  until  1676  acknow- 
ledged obedience  only  to  Connecticut.  Their  title  ^vas  confirmed,  and 
they  became  part  of  the  Province  of  Ne^v  York  by  a  patent  issued 
October  30,  1676,  by  Governor  Andross  to  Isaac  Arnold,  John  and 
Benjamin  Youngs,  Joshua  and  Barnabas  Horton,  Samuel  Glover,  and 
Isaac  Corev,  as  trustees  for  the  inhabitants.  In  1640  a  Congregational 
church  was  formed,  with  John  Youngs  as  pastor.  The  second  pastor 
of  the  Church  was  Joshua  Hobart,  an  ancestor  of  Bishop  Hobart. 
Mention  of  him  is  made  in  Volume  I,  page  c.  There  was  no  other 
religious  organization  in  the  town  until  the  formation  of  a  Methodist 
Society  in  1799,  for  which  a  church  was  built  in  1819.  A  Universalist 
Church  was  formed  in  1835.  No  services  of  the  Church  appear  to 
have  been  held  in  any  part  of  the  extensive  town  until  about  1860. 
At  the  village  of  Greenport  services  were  begun  in  October,  1863. 
A  church  was  built  in  1865  on  a  lot  given  by  A.  M.  C.  Smith,  and 
a  parish  organized  by  the  name  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity.  In 
July,  1912,  Daniel  Duke  Waugh  was  the  rector.  The  number  of  com- 
municants, as  given  in  the  Journal  of  the  Diocese  of  Long  Island  for 
1912,  was  one  hundred  and  fifty-nine. 

Ann  Seahury. 

For  mention  see  Volume  III,  page  108. 
C  540  ] 


LEWIS  PINTARD  BAYARD 

LEWIS  PiNTARD,  a  son  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  and  Martha  (Pintard) 
J  Bayard,  A\as  born  July  23 ,  1 79 1 ,  at  the  home  of  his  great-imcle, 
the  Hon.  Elias  Boudinot,  in  Frankfort,  near  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania. His  father,  a  son  of  John  Bayard,  patriot  and  merchant  of 
Philadelphia  and  descendant  of  Samuel  Bayard,  brother-in-law  of 
Governor  Peter  Stuyvesant,  Mas  a  well-known  jurist  of  Philadelphia. 
At  the  time  of  his  son's  birth  he  \\as  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  United  States.  In  1794  Mr.  Bayard  was  appointed  agent  of  the 
United  States  to  prosecute  the  claims  of  American  citizens  before  the 
English  Admiralty  Courts.  He  remained  in  England  four  years,  dur- 
ing which  time  his  young  son  commenced  his  literary  and  classical 
education.  Mr.  Bayard  made  his  home  in  New  Rochelle,  \\here  the 
boy  \vas  well  taught  by  Mr.  Corbet,  a  graduate  of  Trinity  College, 
Dublin,  and  by  other  teachers.  When  the  family  removed  to  the  city 
of  New  York  in  1803,  Lewis  Bayard  was  put  under  the  tuition  of  Dr. 
Edmund  Drienan  Barry,  whose  classical  attainments  were  remarka- 
ble, and  by  him  fitted  for  college.  He  entered  the  College  of  New  Jer- 
sey, from  which  he  graduated  in  1809  with  high  honours.  The  family 
were  devout  membersof  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Association  ^ith  his 
maternal  grandfather,  Louis  Pintard,  a  prominent  Churchman  in  New 
Rochelle  and  New  York,  where  he  was  an  honoured  merchant,  and 
A\ith  his  cousin,  John  Pintard,  inclined  the  young  man  to  consider  the 
claims  of  the  Church  in  America.  Interviews  with  Dr.  Hobart  and 
other  clergymen,  as  well  as  reading  the  various  books  and  tracts  then 
being  issued  defending  and  upholding  the  doctrines  of  the  Church  of 
England  and  the  Church  in  America,  caused  Lewis  Bavard  to  become 
a  Churchman.  He  finally  determined  to  study  for  the  holv  ministr3% 
In  1806  his  father  had  made  his  home  permanently  in  Princeton, 
where  he  became  intimately  associated  with  the  College  and  Theologi- 
cal Seminary.  Lewis  Bayard  became  a  candidate  for  holy  orders  in 
the  Diocese  of  New  Jerse)^  Mav  2,  1 8 11 .  He  acted  for  some  months 
as  lay  reader  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  Trenton,  and  occasionally  in 
other  New  Jersey  parishes.  He  was  made  deacon  August  2,  1812,  in 
Grace  Church,  New  York,  bv  Bishop  Hobart. 

In  May,  1813,  Mr.  Bayard  was  elected  rector  of  Trinitv  Church, 
NeA\ark,  in  succession  to  Joseph  W^i  Hard.  He  remained  in  this  position 
C   541    ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

seven  years.  He  was  ordained  priest  in  Trinity  Church,  Newark,  in 
1815.  After  his  resignation  Mr.  Bayard  officiated  in  various  places  in 
Ne\v  Jersey,  holding  the  first  services  of  the  Church  in  Paterson. 
He  then  opened  a  school  near  East  Chester,  New  York,  and  aided 
Mr.  Kearney,  the  rector,  in  the  services.  When  Mr.  Kearney  gave  up 
New  Rochelle  in  1826,  to  de\ote  himself  ^\■holly  to  East  Chester,  Mr. 
Bayard  became  rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle.  He  occupied 
the  large  house  of  his  maternal  grandfather,  Louis  Pintard,  and  con- 
ducted successfully  a  large  school  in  addition  to  his  parochial  duties. 
He  made  his  influence  felt  in  the  whole  community,  and  the  parish 
Mas  united  and  prosperous.  Mr.  Bayard  resigned,  principally  for  fam- 
ily reasons,  in  April,  1827,  and  removed  with  his  famil}^  to  Geneva, 
New  York.  Here  he  aided  his  brethren  in  neighbouring  parishes.  In 
September,  1827,  he  was  elected  rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Geneseo.  This  parish  had  been  organized  at  the  house  of  Ebenezer 
Belden,  May  17,  1823.  Colonel  William  Fitzhugh  and  David  War- 
ren were  chosen  wardens ;  Samuel  W.  Spencer,  C.  H.  Bryan,  Eli  Hill, 
David  A.  Miller,  Chauncey  Morse,  and  William  Willett  were  chosen 
vestrymen.  The  parish  had  been  under  the  care  of  Richard  Salmon  and 
George  H.  Norton,  missionaries  in  townswithin  thirty  miles.  Through 
Mr.  Bayard's  efforts  a  church  was  built  at  Geneseo,  the  corner-stone 
being  laid  in  April,  1828.  He  was  also  instrumental  in  building  the 
churches  at  Avon  and  Hunt's  Hollow.  St.  Michael's  Church,  Geneseo, 
was  consecrated  June  25 ,  1 829 .  In  1 830,  yielding  to  the  desire  of  friends 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  he  resigned  his  promising  work  in  the  west 
and  undertook  the  task  of  forming  a  new  parish  in  a  growing  and  aris- 
tocratic part  of  the  city.  When  Mr.  Bayard  left  Geneseo  Bishop  Hobart 
wrote  to  him  :  "You  have  done  more  during  the  three  years  you  have 
been  at  the  west  than  any  other  minister  has  done  there  in  twenty." 
The  first  services  were  held  in  July,  1830,  in  the  "Long  Room"  of 
Military  Hall  on  Barrow  Street,  at  which  thirty  persons  Avere  present. 
Gradually  the  congregations  increased,  until  one  hundred  and  eight 
persons  were  in  attendance.  A  parish  was  organized  July  26, 1830,  bj'' 
the  name  of  St.  Clement's  Church,  with  Frederick  Babcock  and  Ben- 
jamin Hide  as  wardens.  A  plot  of  ground  on  Amity  Street  near  Sulli- 
xan  Street  was  purchased.  The  corner-stone  of  the  church  was  laid 
July  29,  1830,  by  Bishop  Hobart,  and  the  church  was  consecrated  by 
Bishop  Onderdonk,  May  5, 1831.  It  is  understood  that  the  father  of 
i   542   ] 


LEWIS  PINTARD  BAYARD 

the  rector  contributed  largely.  For  many  years  it  was  one  of  the  promi- 
nent jiarishes  of  the  city.  Dr.  Bayard's  health  finally  broke  dow  n,  and 
he  sailed  April  27,  1840,  to  spend  a  year  in  travel  in  Europe  and  the 
Holy  Land.  On  his  enforced  return  home  he  died  suddenly  at  Malta, 
September  2,  1840.  There  was  widespread  grief,  for  he  was  beloved 
throughout  the  city.  His  successors  ha\e  been  Edward  N.  Mead, 
Caleb  S.  Henry,  Theodore  A.  Eaton,  and  Edward  Henry  Van  Win- 
kle. The  character  of  the  neighbourhood  has  changed  entirely,  the 
large  old  houses  being  filled  principally  by  the  lower  class  of  Italians. 
The  erection  of  the  elevated  railroad  in  Amity  Street  (now  Third 
Street)  made  it  almost  impossible  to  hold  services,  owing  to  the  noise  of 
the  cars  passing  within  a  few  feet  of  the  church.  On  Friday,  May  13, 
1910,  the  building  was  condemned  by  the  city  as  unsafe,  and  was 
closed  after  the  final  services  at  7.30  and  9  o'clock  that  morning.  On 
May  16  the  church  was  condemned  to  demolition.  The  parish  still 
maintains  its  corporate  existence,  and  holds  ser\ices  in  the  Diocesan 
House  on  Lafayette  Street.  In  July,  1912,  the  rector  was  Maurice 
William  Britton.  As  given  in  the  American  Church  Almanac  for  1912, 
there  are  one  hundred  and  fifty  communicants. 

On  April  29,  1815,  Dr.  Baj'ard  married  CorneHa  M.,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Jonathan  Rhea  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey.  In  the  memorial  vol- 
ume jjublished  in  1841  and  edited  by  John  Wesley  Brown  of  St. 
George's  Church,  Astoria,  several  of  Dr.  Bayard's  sermons  were 
published,  as  well  as  a  sermon  in  his  memory  by  Bishop  Onderdonk, 
which  was  delivered  in  Januarj^,  1841. 


[  From  Lewis  Pintard  Bayard  ] 

Princeton  JanY  2  2';.''  I  8  l  I 

Dear  Sir, 

PRESUMING  on  the   kind   invitation  I    received   from 
you  before  I  left  New  York, "To  write  for  any  infor- 
mation I  should  want" —  I  have  the  satisfaction  now  to  inform 
you  of  my  determination  in  favor  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 
Her  Do6trines  appearing  to  me  most  reconcileable  to  reason 
C   543   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

&  revelation  &  her  form  of  worsiiip  most  agreable  to  my 
ideas  of  the  "beauty  of  holiness," are  the  reasons  that  have 
induced  me  to  this  decision. 

My  parents  tho'  much  attached  to  their  own  denomination 
have  left  me  to  follow  my  own  inclination  on  this  subje6l. 
Others  of  my  friends  highly  approve  of  my  choice.  I  have 
therefore  to  request  you  Sir  to  inform  me  i''^  Whether  any, 
(&  if  any  what)  things  will  be  required,  previous  to  my  com- 
mencing the  studies,  prescribed  by  the  Church  as  in  particu- 
lar Baptism  &  Confirmation.^  s"';!'^  With  regard  to  the  books 
necessary  to  be  read.  My  Father  informs  me  of  a  course  of 
study,  recommended  &  agreed  upon  I  believe  by  the  general 
Convention  &  contained  in  a  small  pamphlet.  Shall  I  beg  the 
favour  of  you  to  send  me  a  copy  of  this  by  post. 

The  Books  I  have  read  this  winter  are,  Jennyns  Jewish 
Antiquities,  Commentators  on  the  Old  &  New  Testaments, 
Patrick,  Lowth  Doddrige  Burkitt  &  Poole,  besides  Archbishop 
Newcome  on  our  Lords  Condu61:.  Nelsons  practice  of  true 
devotion.  I  daily  read  a  portion  in  the  Greek  Testament  & 
Vulgate  Bible  &  purpose  commencing  the  study  of  the  He- 
brew. I  attend  the  meetings  of  the  Divinity  Class,  under 
Dr  Smith,  whose  liberality  is  too  well  known  I  suppose  to 
admit  of  any  apprehension  as  to  the  propriety  of  continuing 
with  him. 

It  is  with  sentiments  of  the  deepest  gratitude  to  Almighty 
God  that  I  can  realize  an  encreasing  desire  to  serve  him,  & 
rest  assured  Sir,  that  when  I  receive  my  desired  instru61:ions, 
I  shall  use  all  diligence  to  advance  in  the  path  of  my  duty. 

I  received  a  few  days  since  a  letter  from  Rev?  Mr  John  Bar- 
tow dated  "  Savannah  Jan^.  v'."^  he  says  "  My  prospers  here 
are  highly  flattering.,  I  find  a  large  &  elegant  Church  rapidly 
prospering,  &  a  numerous  respe6fable  &  pious  people." 

C   544  ] 


LEWIS  PINTARD  BAYARD 

Joined  by  the  regards  of  my  parents  to 
Mrs.  Hobart  &  yourself 
I  remain  respeil fully 

Your  humble  Servant 

Lewis  P.  Bayard. 

Superscription : 

The  RevI'  Dr.  John,  H,  Hobart  New  York 


ANNOTATIONS 

Course  of  Ecclesiastical  Studies,  1804. 

The  reference  is  to  an  appendix  to  the  Journal  of  the  General  Con- 
vention of  1804,  containing  an  elaborate  course  of  studies  for  candi- 
dates for  holy  orders.  See  White's  "Divinity  Course,"  vol.  ii,  p.  128. 

David  Jennings. 

Da\  id  Jennings  was  born  at  Kibworth,  Leicestershire,  in  1691.  In 
1744  he  was  a  divinity  tutor  at  Coward's  Academy,  and  from  that 
year  to  his  death,  in  1762,  he  was  pastor  of  a  dissenting  congregation 
at  Old  Gravel  Lane,  Wapping.  His  principal  works  are :  The  Scrip- 
ture Testimony,  1755  ;  and  Jewish  Antiquities,  or,  a  Course  of  Lec- 
tures on  the  Three  First  Books  of  Godwin's  Moses  and  Aaron,  1766. 
A  new  edition  was  published  in  1808,  edited  by  Dr.  Furneaux. 

Patrick  &  Lowth  Commentaries. 
For  notice  see  page  234. 

Philip  Doddridge. 

Philip  Doddridge  \vas  born  in  London  in  1702.  He  went  to  the  acad- 
emy of  John  Jennings,  at  Kibworth,  in  1719,  and  was  a  dissenting 
minister  at  that  place  in  1722.  In  1727  he  was  assistant  preacher  at 
Market  Harborough,  and  ten  years  later  he  established  an  academy 
for  the  education  of  ministers.  In  December,  1729,  he  became  min- 
ister at  Northampton.  He  went  to  Lisbon  for  his  health  in  September, 
1751,  and  died  there  soon  after  his  arri\'ai.  Among  his  principal  works 
are:  Evidences  of  Christianity,  1742;  Rise  and  Progress  of  Religion 
[  545   ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

in  the  Soul,  1750  ;  Hymns,  1755  ;  the  Family  Expositor,  1760  to  1762, 
the  best  modern  edition  of  which  is  that  of  1840,  in  four  volumes. 

William  Burkitt. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  219. 

Matthezv  Poole. 

Matthew  Poole  was  born  at  York  in  1624;  educated  at  Emmanuel 
College,  Cambridge;  became  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and  was  in 
charge  of  St.  Michael  le  Querne,  London,  in  1648.  In  1662  he  was 
expelled  for  non-conformity,  and  spent  his  last  years  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  his  "Synopsis,"  which  was  published  in  1669-76  and  was 
an  abridgement  of  the  famous  "  Critici  Sacri."  He  removed  to  Am- 
sterdam in  1679,  and  died  there  in  October  of  that  year. 

William  Nezvcome. 

William  Newcome  was  born  in  Bedfordshire  in  1729;  educated  at 
Pembroke  and  Hertford  Colleges,  Oxford  ;  made  Bishop  of  Dromore, 
Ireland,  in  1766;  translated  to  Ossory  in  1775,  and  to  Waterford  in 
1779  ;  and  became  Archbishop  of  Armagh  in  1795.  He  died  in  1800. 
Among  his  chief  works  are:  Harmony  of  the  Gospels,  1778;  Ob- 
servations on  Our  Lord's  Conduct  as  a  Divine  Instructor,  1782, 
revised  edition,  1795.  An  American  edition  was  published  by  Sam- 
uel Etheridge,  Jr. ,  at  Charleston,  in  1810.  The  best  and  latest  English 
edition  is  that  of  1852. 

Robert  Nelson. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  339.  The  volume  referred  to  was  ori- 
ginally published  in  1708  under  the  title  of  "  A  Practice  of  True  De- 
votion, in  Relation  to  the  End  as  well  as  the  Means  of  Religion,  with 
an  Office  for  the  Holy  Communion."  It  was  frequently  republished. 
The  twenty-second  edition  appeared  in  1805,  and  the  last  in  1849. 

Samuel  Stanhope  Smith. 

For  notice  see  Volume  I,  page  105. 

John  Vanderbilt  Bartow. 

For  sketch  see  page  513,  and  for  notice  see  Volume  V,  page  552. 
C   546  ] 


DAVID  HUNTINGTON 

DA\^ID  Huntington  was  born  in  1788,  and  was  a  graduate  of 
Union  College  in  1805.  He  was  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Moore, 
April  21,  1812.  He  spent  the  early  years  of  his  ministry  at  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Charlton,  New  York.  From  1818  to  1820  he  was  rector  of 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Stamford,  now  Hobart,  New  York.  In  1823  he 
again  served  at  Charlton,  and  in  1829  he  became  missionary  at  West 
Charlton.  In  1831  he  was  made  rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Harpurs- 
ville,  where  he  remained  until  1835,  and  while  there  married  Lydia  B. 
Allen.  He  then  again  served  at  Stamford  until  1839,  when  he  returned 
to  Harpursville,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  April  5,  1854. 

The  tradition  at  Harpurs\ille  is  that  Da\id  Huntington  had  one 
daughter,  Sarah,  and  possibly  other  children  ^hose  names  are  now 
forgotten.  The  records  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Harpursville,  are  so 
incomplete  that  there  are  no  entries  of  marriages  or  baptisms  from 
1831  to  1835.  It  is,  therefore,  impossible  to  give  the  date  of  the  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  Huntington  or  of  the  baptism  of  his  children. 


[  From  David  Huntington  ] 

Scheneflady  Jan  31.  1 8 1 1 

Rev  Dr  Hobart 

THE  person  who  now  addresses  you,  wishes  to  devote 
himself  to  the  service  of  the  Church,  and  to  be  now 
received  as  a  candidate  for  Holy  Orders.  Will  you,  Sir,  so  far 
interest  yourself  for  an  entire  stranger,  as  to  procure  my  name 
given  to  the  Right  Rev .'  Dr.  Moore  for  that  purpose. 

Subjoined  is  a  note  of  recommendation  from  the  Rev  Mr. 
Stebbins,  if  this  is  sufficient,  and  I  am  admitted  a  candidate, 
I  beg  the  favour  of  being  informed  of  it  as  soon  as  possible. 
And  as  my  means  of  support  are  perfe611y  precarious,  I  wish 
to  know  if  the  usual  term  of  probation  for  Orders  might  not 
be  shortened. 

C  547  ] 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Should  I  be  able  to  procure  employment  sufficient  to  defray 
my  expences,  I  shall  be  in  no  haste  to  take  Orders. 

Yours  with  esteem 
RevDr.  HoBART  David  Huntington. 

No  supencription. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

Cyrus  Stebbins. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  416.  The  note  of  recommenda- 
tion alluded  to  by  Mr.  Hundngton  has  not  been  preserved ;  but  that 
Mr.  Stebbins  did  recommend  Mr.  Huntington  is  evident  from  his 
letter  to  Dr.  Hobart  of  February  20,  1811. 


n   548   ] 


GILBERT  HUNT  SAYRES 

[  From  Gilbert  Hunt  Savres  ] 

Jamaica  Feb.  4.  1 8 1 1 . 

My  Dear  Sir, 

ON  Sunday  Next  we  have  the  Communion:  will  you  then 
oblige  me  by  exchanging  &  coming  up  to  administer 
it?  But  if  you  cannot  make  it  convenient  will  you  oblige  me 
by  asking  Mr.  How  If  he  will  make  the  exchange.  You  must 
not  be  discouraged  by  the  roads.  If  the  present  Snow  remains 
it  will  of  course  be  good  Travelling  But  If  not  It  is  always 
good  for  a  chair! 

In  haste  Your's  affe^lionally 

Gilbert  H.  Sayres 
Rev.  Dr  Hobart. 

Supcncription: 

Rev?  D"  Hobart.  Greenwich  St.,  New  York. 


ANNOTATION 


Thomas  Yardley  How. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  435. 


[   .'549   ] 


JOHN  BRADY 

JOHN  Brady  was  probably  a  nativeofNew  York.  He  graduated  from 
Columbia  College  in  1809.  He  Mas  made  deacon  by  Bishop  Hobart 
in  1811,  and  ordained  priest  by  the  same  Bishop,  in  St.  George's 
Church,  in  1812.  From  his  ordination  as  deacon  until  Dr.  Kewley  was 
instituted  to  the  rectorship  on  March  25,  1813,  he  was  in  charge 
of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York  City.  He  Mas  instituted  also  on 
the  same  day  as  assistant  minister,  which  position  he  held  until  his 
resignation,  February  1,  1816.  Later  in  the  year  he  became  rector  of 
William  and  Mary's  and  St.  Andrew's  parishes,  St.  Mary's  County, 
Maryland.  He  opened  a  school  for  young  girls,  which  prospered.  He 
died  September  22,  1822.  He  was  married  t\\ice.  After  the  death  of 
his  first  wife  in  January,  1815,  he  married  M?  Hannah  Reynolds, 
January  23,  1816,  who  survived  him. 


[  From  John  Brady  ] 

Elizabeth  Town  Febv  15.  181 1. 

Rev.  D?  Hobart 
Sir 

WHEN  I  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you  last,  I  received 
your  advice  on  the  propriety  of  deferring  my  request 
to  Rev.  Mr  Rudd  for  testimonials.  The  course  of  condu61  which 
you  suggested, should  be  adopted  by  me, in  the  interim,!  think 
I  may  safely  say,  has  been  pursued.  I  refledled  more  particu- 
larly on  that  letter,  which,  I  unadvisedly  sent  to  Rev.  MrR. 
I  concluded  it  most  becoming  in  me,  to  pen  an  acknowledg- 
ment to  him,  as  I  felt  I  could  do  it,  with  all  sincerity.  This  I 
accordingly  did ;  &  received  from  him,  assurance  that  he  con- 
sidered as  ample  amends  for  the  previous  note,  which,  it  re- 
viewed. Will  you,  then,  Sir,  excuse  the  liberty,  which  I  take, 
of  asking  your  counsel,  by  letter,  whether  I  should  apply  to 

C  550  J 


JOHN  BRADY 
Rev.  M'^Rudd  for  testimonials,  in  order  to  take  Orders  (as  I 
greatly  wish )  at  the  ensuing  season  of  Ordination  on  the  sec- 
ond Sunday  in  Lent.  Permit  me  Sir  to  take  this  opportunity 
of  expressing  my  thanks  to  you  for  the  kind  admonitions  I 
have  received,  and  to  ask  from  you  a  continuance  of  the  same. 
Your's 

Most 

respectfully 

John  Brady 
Rev.  D"  Hobart 

Superscription : 

Rev.  D"  Hobart  Greenwich  S>  No  46.  New  York 


ANNOTATION 


John  Churchill  Rudd. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  III,  page  428. 


C  551  n 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

[  From  John  Reed  ] 

Poughkeepsie  Febv.  19'''  i  8  1 1 

My  Rev"  &  D^  Sir, 

I  HAVE  this  morning  received  your  letter  respecting  M'' 
Bill.  I  have  been  waiting  for  several  weeks  with  much 
solicitude  to  hear  something  respe6iing  him.  The  last  of  last 
month  I  was  on  a  visit  to  Catskill,at  which  time  I  heard  many 
things  which  very  much  increased  my  anxiety  to  know  some- 
thing of  him.  I  accordingly  on  my  return  wrote  to  you; 
but  after  writing,  I  concluded  I  would  retain  the  letter  until  I 
would  hear  from  M'  Butler.  I  have  written  him  but  have  had 
no  returns.  The  following  is  a  transcript  of  the  letter  which 
I  wrote. 

"I  have  the  last  week  been  to  the  Northward  and  am  un- 
happy in  thinking  myself  under  the  necessity  of  writing  you 
respe6ling  Ml  Bill.  Circumstances  respedling  him  certainly 
appear  very  extraordinary.  I  have  not  seen  or  heard  of  him 
since  he  left  my  house  for  N.  Y.only  by  accidental  information. 
I  have  understood  he  has  not  been  at  Troy  and  even  his  parents 
seem  to  know  little  of  him.  There  appeared  to  be  pains  taken, 
previous  to  his  application  to  me  for  a  letter  to  you,  to  convince 
me  that  there  was  a  material  reformation  in  his  character  for 
a  length  of  time,  that  he  had  been  pursuing  his  studies  with 
Mr  Butler  for  several  months.  All  which  is  to  me  now  very 
doubtful.  I  advised  him  to  pursue  his  profession  of  the  Law, 
at  which  he  remonstrated  with  tears  and  persisted  in  the  idea 
of  studying  Divinity,  at  which  I  was  induced,  on  his  applica- 
tion,to  introduce  him  to  you.  But  while  to  the  Northward  hear- 
ing so  much  of  him,  heretofore  7iezv  to  me,  I  have  been  sin- 
cerely sorry  I  wrote  you.  My  information  however  of  late,  is 
altogether  hearsay,  I  know  nothing  of  him  personally,  I  could 

C  552  ] 


JOHN  REED 

wish  therefore,  that  this  might  do  away  any  impressions  my 
former  letters  may  have  made  and  no  more." 

This  is  what  I  had  prepared  previous  to  the  reception  of  your 
letters.  Since  writing  the  above,  considering  myself  bound 
so  to  do,  I  have,  as  far  as  I  have  been  able,  made  myself  ac- 
quainted with  circumstances  respe61ing  Ml  Bill.  All  I  have 
been  able  to  learn  however  has  been  from  certain  gen.  who 
were  in  the  City  while  he  was  there.  These  together  with  your 
letter  confirm  me  in  the  opinion  that  M:^  Bill  prailiced  decep- 
tion. Some  of  his  condu6l  in  New  York,  of  which  I  have  had 
information,  was  very  far  from  piety,  and  when  compared 
with  \\\s  professions,  different  from  stri6t  integrity.  From  your 
kind  letter  it  appears,  that  Mr  Bill  applied  to  the  standing  com- 
mittee, direftly  or  indiredlly,  to  be  admitted  a  candidate  for 
holy  orders.  This  appears  to  be  somewhat  extraordinary  in 
the  man.  For  when  speaking  on  that  subje6f ,  I  told  him  that 
it  was  impossible,  short  o{  three  years ,  and  to  convince  him  of 
the  same,  I  gave  him,  to  take  with  him  the  only  copy  of  the 
Con.  of  the  Chh.  which  I  had,  telling  him  at  the  same  time 
that  our  church  had  been  very  particular  in  the  admission 
of  candidates,  and  he  agreed  with  me  that  it  was  indispen- 
sibly  necessary  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  such  duty  &  the 
welfare  of  the  church.  I  furthermore  told  him  that  a  letter 
from  me  was  not  sufficient  to  authorize  the  standing  comm. 
to  admit  him  as  a  candidate.  He  understanding  all  this  wished 
a  letter  of  introduction  to  you.  When  about  to  write  he  asked 
me  with  tears  to  write  as  much  as  I  could.  I  answered  this  "  I 
would  freely  recommend  him  to  Doc.  Hobart  highly  as  a  man, 
but  not  as  a  christian."  I  then  immediately  wrote  you,  not  in- 
tentionally recommending  him  as  a  person  to  be  immediately 
admitted  a  candidate  for  holy  orders,  &  I  can  now  freely  tell 
you  that  I  should  be  unwilling  to  recommend  him  to  a  friend, 

I   553   D 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

as  honest  or  honourable  much  less  pious.  It  was  my  impres- 
sion that  the  objedl  of  his  visit  was  to  form  an  acquaintance 
with  the  clergy  of  N.  T.  and  to  soon  return,  enter  into  some 
employment,  as  teaching  a  school,  thus  evidencing  himself 
as  a  person,  worthy,  a  few  years  hence,  of  being  admitted. 
These  were  his  ostensible  views.  On  these  conditions  I  should 
think  him  a  proper  subje6l  for  the  charities  of  the  society. 

When  he  first  spoke  of  studying  divinity,  lo  months  since, 
there  was  a  great  cry  against  him  at  Catskill  but  from  vari- 
ous circumstances  I  had  concluded  that  it  was  the  aspersions 
of  enemies.  But  from  what  I  have  lately  heard,  it  may  be  true. 
-Upon  the  whole  My  D':  Sir,  I  am  very  sorry  that  I  have  given 
you  and  my  brethren  in  the  City  the  trouble  of  a6ling  upon  my 
letter.  I  think  however  you  have  done  very  wisely  and  pru- 
dently and  let  me  assure  you  that  it  is  my  present  impressions 
that  let  the  talents  or  integrity  of  M!^  Bill  be  what  they  may, 
it  would  be  best  that  the  period  of  his  admission  into  the  min- 
istry should  be  distant.  You  will  be  so  good  as  to  let  the  BishP 
and  clerical  brethren  who  saw  my  other  letter  see  this  also, 
and  believe  me  your  very  sincere  and  much  obliged  friend  & 
brother 

John  Reed 

Superscription : 

RevP  John  Henry  Hobart  City  of  New  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

James  I.  Bill. 

For  notice  see  page  500. 

David  Butler. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  405. 


CYRUS  STEBBINS 

[  From  Cvrus  Stebblvs  ] 

Scheneftady  Feby  z  o  — •  1  8  I  I . 

Rev"  and  Dear  Sir, 

I  Inclosed  to  you  three  or  four  weeks  since  an  application, 
from  Mr.  David  Huntington  to  the  standing  Committee  for 
recommendation  to  the  Bishop  as  a  Candidate  for  Holy  Orders, 
— and  having  not  heard  from  you  on  the  subje61;,  am  appre- 
hensive that  the  letter  has  miscarried,  if  so,  please  to  let  me 
know,  and  if  not,  I  should  be  happy  to  hear  the  result  of  this 
application,  and  it  will  be  peculiarly  grateful  to  the  young  gen- 
tleman himself,  who  expresses  some  anxiety  on  the  subje6l. 
He  is  a  worthy  young  man. 

My  best  respe6ls  to  Mrs  Hobart — and  all  my  friends — 
Clergymen  especially  — 

I  am  yours  afFeftionately, 

Cyrus  Stebbins. 

Superscription  : 

John  H.  Hobart  D.D.  New  York  Greenwich  St'  No  46 
The  politeness  of  Jas.  McVicker  Esq'. 


annotations 
David  Hu  n  thigton . 
For  sketch  see  page  547. 

James  McVickar. 

The  McVickar  family  in  America  is  descended  from  Archibald 
McVickar,  a  gentleman  of  distinguished  Scotch  Irish  ancestry,  settled 
in  County  Antrim,  Ireland.  He  had  three  sons — Archibald,  who  be- 
came a  merchant  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  died  in  1779 ; 
John,  who  lived  at  Ballyloghan,  County  Antrim;  and  James,  who 
lived  at  Belfast,  and  died  at  the  age  of  ninety-nine  years. 

James  married  and  had  four  children,  John,  Nathan,  Jane,  and 
Nancy. 


HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

John  Mc  Vickar  came  to  New  York  City  when  a  very  young  man.  and 
learned  thoroughly  from  his  Uncle  Archibald  the  methods  of  business 
then  used.  It  is  traditional  that  the  second  marriage  of  his  father 
caused  him  to  lea\'e  home  for  America.  On  May  20,  1781,  he  mar- 
ried Ann,  a  daughter  of  John  Moore  of  Newtown,  Long  Island,  and 
a  cousin  of  Bishop  Benjamin  Moore.  Mr.  Mc  Vickar  was  \'er3'  success- 
ful as  a  general  merchant  from  1786,  and  later  as  the  largest  importer 
of  Irish  linens  in  this  country.  He  also  had  a  fleet  of  his  own  vessels 
trading  with  China.  His  home  and  store  were  for  man}'  years  at  27 
Queen,  now  Pearl  Street,  between  Pine  and  Wall  streets.  He  was  a  man 
of  the  strictest  integrity,  kind-hearted,  and  shrewd.  It  was  a  common 
saying  "on  Change"  by  the  merchants:  "Whom  has  McVickar 
helped  to-day?  "  He  had  a  family  of  nine  children,  seven  sons  and  two 
daughters.  Mr.  McVickar  was  a  member  of  many  boards,  a  founder 
of  the  Bank  of  New  York,  a  founder  of  St.  Patrick's  Society,  and  a 
vestryman  of  Trinity  Church.  He  died  May  15,  1812,  at  the  age  of 
fifty-three  years. 

His  eldest  son,  James,  was  born  February  28,  1784.  He  was  well  pre- 
pared for  college,  and  graduated  from  Columbia  in  1802.  He  entered 
the  counting-house  of  his  father,  with  whom  his  Uncle  Nathan  was 
associated,  and  in  1809  became  a  partner,  the  firm  name  being  then 
J.  McVickar,  Stewart  &:  Company.  The  firm  was  dissolved  in  1813. 
After  his  retirement  from  business  Mr.  McVickar  spent  much  time 
in  northern  New  York,  at  Constable,  Franklin  County,  and  Constable- 
ville,  in  the  town  of  West  Turin,  Lewis  County,  both  of  w  hich  had 
been  founded  by  members  of  his  wife's  famil}-.  He  died  December 
30, 1835. 

James  McVickar  married  Eweretta,  a  daughter  of  William  Con- 
stable, a  highly  honoured  merchant. 

Their  children  were  : 

William  Constable,  born  April  13,  1807  ;  died  January  28, 1861. 

Anna,  born  July  10,  1810;  died  July,  1810. 

John  Augustus,  born  June  16,  1812;  died  1892. 

Mary  Stuart,  born  January  16,  1817. 

About  two  years  after  the  death  of  Mrs.  McVickar,  April  21, 
1830,  Mr.  McVickar  married  for  his  second  wife  his  Aunt  Catherine 
(Bucknor),  the  widow  of  his  Uncle  Nathan.  They  had  one  daugh- 
ter, Catherine. 

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TIMOTHY  CLOWES 

TIMOTHY  Clowes  \\as  born  in  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  in 
March,  1787.  He  was  descended  from  Samuel  Clowes  of  Der- 
byshire, England,  who  came  to  New  York  in  1702  with  Lord  Corn- 
bury.  He  was  an  accomplished  lawyer,  and  had  studied  astronomy 
under  John  Flamsteed,  for  whom  the  Greenwich  Observatory  was 
built.  By  Lord  Cornburj^'s  advice  Mr.  Clowes  settled  in  Jamaica, 
where  he  had  a  distinguished  career  as  a  lawyer  and  judge.  He  left 
numerous  descendants.  The  young  Timothy  studied  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  then  proceeded  to  Columbia  College,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1808.  He  became  lay  reader  in  St.  Matthew's  Church, 
Jersey  City,  in  August  of  the  same  year.  He  w-as  made  deacon  by 
Bishop  Benjamin  Moore,  November  30,  1808,  and  then  took  charge 
of  St.  Matthew's  Parish.  On  April  23,1809,  he  was  called  to  Grace 
Church,  Jamaica,  where  he  remained  until  he  accepted  a  call  to  St. 
Peter's  Church,  Albany,  New^  York,  which  was  dated  November  12, 
1809,  but  he  didnot  enter  on  his  duties  undl  April  23,  1810.  That  par- 
ish had  been  vacant  since  the  resignation  of  Mr.Beasley  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1809.  Mr.  Clowes  was  a  man  of  ideas,  somewhat  boisterous  in 
manner,  a  pleasant  companion,  and  on  friendly  terms  with  every  one. 
He  soon  infused  some  of  his  superabundant  energy  into  the  people  of 
St.  Peter's  Parish.  He  w  as  ordained  priest  November  26, 1 813,  by  the 
Assistant  Bishop  of  New  York,  John  Henry  Hobart,  and  insdtuted  as 
rector  February  3,  1814.  Societies  were  organized,  the  services  were 
more  frequent,  the  rector's  sermons  were  fervid  and  full  of  a  peculiar 
and  pungent  quality,  which  made  those  who  heard  them  think;  but 
his  uncouth  manner,  his  desire  to  know  fully  all  the  details  of  the 
finances  of  the  parish,  and  particularly  his  claim  to  all  the  revenue  from 
the  landed  estates  of  the  Church,  made  him  imacceptable  to  man}-  who 
had  been  leaders  in  the  parish.  An  open  rupture  came,  and  Mr.  Clowes 
refused  to  resign.  He  was  suspended  from  the  ministry  October  21, 
1817,  after  a  trial  held  in  the  summer  of  that  year,  by  a  court  of  pres- 
byters, upon  a  presentment  made  to  the  Bishop  in  November,  1816. 
Details  of  its  proceedings  will  be  found  in  letters  in  this  Correspond- 
ence for  that  year.  After  his  suspension  Mr.  Clowes  opened  a  school  in 
Albanj'  for  a  few  months.  He  then  returned  to  Hempstead,  and  taught 
in  various  places.  The  suspension  was  removed  by  Bishop  Hobart  in 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

September,  1823.  In  tlie  same  year  Dr. Clowes  accepted  the  presidencj'- 
of  Washington  College,  Kent,  Kent  County,  Maryland,  and  the  rec- 
torship of  St.  Paul's  Church  in  that  town.  He  was  a  learned  man,  but 
lacked  the  powerof  discipline. Substantial  progress, howe\er,wasmade 
under  him  in  both  college  and  parish.  In  1825  he  was  the  Convention 
preacher,  and  in  1826  a  deputy  to  the  General  Con\  ention.  He  resigned 
in  1828.  The  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent  in  teaching.  From  1838 
to  1842  he  was  president  of  the  Clinton  Liberal  Institute,  New  York. 
It  had  been  founded  by  theUniversalists,  with  whose  views  Dr.  Clowes 
is  said  to  have  sympathized  at  that  time.  In  1830  Dr.  Clowes  com- 
menced the  publication  of  "The  School  Master,"  which  had  for  some 
years  a  large  circulation  and  was  widel)^  useful.  He  spent  his  clos- 
ing years  at  Hempstead,  where  he  died  June  19,  1847,  in  his  sixty- 
first  year. 

Late  in  life  Dr.  Clowes  married  Mary  Hew  lett.  They  had  at  least  t^\  o 
children,  a  daughter  and  a  son,  George  Hew  lett,  who  became  a  well- 
known  brass  manufacturer  in  Waterburj',  Connecticut,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Randolph  &  Clowes.  While  in  Albany  in  1810  Dr. Clowes  pub- 
lished a  sermon  on  the  Holy  Days,  and  in  1815  a  volume  of  sermons. 


[  From  Timothy  Clowes  ] 

Albany  February  zo'*"  I  8  I  I . 

Rev?  and  Dear  Sir, 

YOUR  letter  of  the  7'.'' Inst  I  received,  and  communicated 
the  contents  to  our  mutual  friend,  Col.  Troup;  who 
enters  heartily  into  our  views  respecting  the  College,  and 
will  do  all  in  his  power  to  prevent  the  designs  of  Dl^  M.  and 
his  party.  Judge  Benson  has  been  out  of  this  City  on  a  visit  to 
Stockbridge,  Mass.  ever  since  the  arrival  of  your  letter,  but 
on  his  return,  which  is  expe6led  every  day,  Col.  Troup  will 
see  him,  and  will  learn  what  are  his  intentions  and  wishes 
in  reference  to  the  College.  He  believes  however  that  the 
Judge's  visit  to  Albany  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  College; 
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TIMOTHY  CLOWES 

and  every  attempt  of  the  Presbyterians  against  the  Episco- 
palians, especially  if  D:^  M.  is  to  be  the  leader  of  the  former, 
would  undoubtedly  fail.  No  man  is  more  odious  to  the  domi- 
nant party  in  this  state  than  Dr  M.The  Assembly  and  Senate 
cannot  forget  his  calling  them  a  menagerie,  a  set  of  corrupted 
villains,  vile  ignorami  &c.  &c.  I  shall  mention  the  contents  of 
your  letter  to  Judge  Taylor,  who  is  now  President  of  the  Sen- 
ate, and  a  good  friend  to  the  Ch.  so  that  any  attempt  upon 
the  Legislature  would  infallibly  fail. 

The  meeting  of  our  Bible  &  Common  Prayer  book  Society 
will  take  place  on  Tuesday  eve?  next  at  Troy.  Mr  Stebbins 
preaches  the  Sermon.  The  Society  succeeds  tolerably  well. 

The  parish  in  which  I  am  at  present  situated,  as  you  have 
undoubtedly  been  apprized,  have  chosen  me  to  be  the  Re<5lor 
on  my  being  admitted  to  Priests'  orders.  I  shall  be  twenty 
four  the  middle  of  next  month:  And  if  it  should  be  deemed 
advisable,  (and  I  ask  you  for  advice)  I  would  come  to  New 
York,  probably  about  the  first  of  April  to  be  ordained  Priest. 
Mf  Empie,  I  believe,  will  exchange  with  me  for  several 
weeks. 

Mi;  Adams  has  vacated  his  Mission  several  months  since — 
Milton, one  of  his  parishes, has  since  been  united  to  Mr  Perry's 
cure — the  remaining  parishes  Stillwater  and  Waterford  are 
crying  out,  feebly,  for  a  minister,  to  succeed  My  Adams.  In 
Hoosick,  a  village  twenty  five  miles  to  the  N.  E.  of  Troy  an 
Episcopal  congregation  is  growing  up  very  fast.  News  from 
Mr  Fuller  is  very  favourable.  He  divides  his  time  between 
Durham  &  Rensselaerville.  In  the  latter  village  the  inhabit- 
ants intend  to  build  a  Church.  Presbyterian  violence  has  been 
of  much  service  to  M\  F.  Ml  Hubbard  has  accepted  a  call  for 
one  year  at  Duanesburgh — but  has  been  absent  a  month  in 
Conne6licut.  He  is  a  great  rambler. 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Accept  Sir  my  best  wishes  for  yourself  &  family  and  be- 
lieve me 

very  sincerely 

Your  very  obliged  friend  &  serv' 
Rev"  D"  Hobart.  T.  Clowes 

Superscription: 

The  Rev?  D?  Hobart.  Greenwich  Street  N.  York. 


ANNOTATIONS 

Robert  Troup. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  March  23, 1813. 

John  Mitchell  Mason. 

For  a  notice  of  Dr.  Mason  see  page  107.  By  a  change  in  the  statutes 
on  June  17,  1811,  Dr.  Mason  had  been  elected  provost  of  Colum- 
bia College.  It  is  possible  that  some  confirmadon  of  his  position  from 
the  legislature  was  desired  by  his  friends.  In  the  following  year,  by 
a  f.pecial  act,  the  provost  was  made  a  trustee  e.v  officio  of  the  college. 

Egbert  Be?ison. 

Egbert  Benson  was  born  in  New  York  City,  June  21,  1746.  He  grad- 
uated with  high  honour  from  King's  College,  Columbia  University, 
in  1765.  He  studied  law,  and  acquired  a  large  practice.  He  advocated 
the  patriotic  cause,  served  in  the  Committee  of  Safety,  and  sat  in  the 
Provisional  New  York  Convention  in  1776.  He  was  attorney-general 
of  the  State  of  New  York  from  1777  to  1787.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  legislature  of  New  York  in  1777.  From  1784  to  1788  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress.  From  1789  to  1793  and  from 
1812  to  1814  he  was  a  member  of  Congress  of  the  United  States.  In 
1794  he  was  appointed  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  served  until 
1801.  In  1801  he  was  chief  judge  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court. 
He  was  a  regent  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York  from  1 792 
to  1802.  From  1802  to  1818  he  was  a  trustee  of  Columbia  College. 
He  was  the  first  president  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society.  He 
died  at  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  August  24,  1833. 
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TIMOTHY  CLOWES 

In  1817  he  published  a  vindication  of  the  capture  of  Major  Andre. 
In  1835,  after  his  death,  there  was  published  a  "Memoir  on  Dutch 
Names  of  Places." 

Columbia  College,  Nezv  Tor^,  1811. 

The  only  matter  that  came  before  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  New 
York  at  its  session  in  1811  concerning  Columbia  College  that  appears 
upon  its  Journal  was  a  petition  of  the  trustees  asking  an  appropria- 
tion for  the  medical  professors  in  the  college.  It  was  presented  in  the 
senate  on  Thursday,  March  21,  1811,  and  referred  to  a  committee 
of  which  Mr.  Grosvenor  was  the  chairman.  It  reported  on  Fridaj-, 
April  5,  that  it  was  aware  of  the  need  of  improvement  in  medical  sci- 
ence, but  as  there  was  already  a  College  of  Physicians  in  New  York, 
it  was  recommended  to  the  trustees  to  harmonize  their  medical  faculty 
with  that  of  the  other  college  and  then  make  an  application,  which 
would  be  favourably  considered.  In  1813  the  Medical  School  of  Co- 
lumbia College  was  united  with  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons. In  1860  that  institution  was  adopted  as  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  college.  It  is  now  an  integral  part  of  the  university. 

John  Tayler. 

John  Tayler  was  born  July  4,  1742,  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Tayler 
was  a  prosperous  merchant  in  Albany  for  many  years  from  1773. 
He  was  an  ardent  patriot  during  the  Revolution,  and  was  a  member 
from  Albany  of  the  Provincial  Congress  of  New  York  at  its  sessions 
from  May  14  to  June  30,  and  from  July  5  to  October  5,  1776,  as 
also  from  March  6  to  May  13,  1777.  He  superintended  the  commis- 
sary department  of  the  expedition  against  Canada  in  1775.  He  was 
a  vestryman  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  and  influential  in  its  affairs  after 
its  reorganization  in  1787  under  Thomas  Ellison.  In  1797  he  was 
appointed  county  judge  of  Albany,  and  served  until  his  election  to 
the  senate  of  the  State  of  New  York  in  1802.  In  1811  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  senate  in  succession  to  Lieutenant-Governor  John 
Broome,  who  died  in  August,  1810.  Upon  the  elevation  of  Governor 
Daniel  Tompkins  to  the  vice-presidency  in  1817,  he  became  acting 
governor  of  the  state  until  1821.  He  was  the  first  president  of  the 
State  Bank  of  Albany,  which  was  chartered  in  1803,  and  served  until 
his  death,  March  19, 1829. 

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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

Governor  Tayler  held  many  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility. 
From  1802  he  was  a  regent  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  from  1817  to  his  death  its  chancellor.  From  1806  to  1815 
he  was  a  warden  of  St.  Peter's  Church.  His  daughter  married  the 
Hon.  Charles  D.  Cooper  of  Albany. 

Their  son  was  General  John  Tayler  Cooper,  who  was  conspicuous 
in  the  civic  and  social  life  of  Albany  for  nearly  fifty  years,  until  his 
death  in  August,  1878.  He  was  also  a  warden  of  St.  Peter's  Church 
from  1864  to  1869,  and  from  1875  to  1878. 

Alba?iy  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society. 
When  the  Ne^\■  York  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society  \\'as 
formed  in  1809,  it  was  desired  that  societies  should  be  established  in 
various  parts  of  the  state  ^hich  should  be  either  auxiliary  and  owning 
allegiance  to  the  parent  society,  or  affiliated  but  independent  in  gov- 
ernment. Dr.  Hobart  was  very  active  in  urging  the  plan  upon  both 
the  clergy  and  the  laity.  When  he  became  Bishop  he  was  even  more 
earnest  in  his  pleas  and  suggestions.  One  of  the  early  societies  was 
formed  in  the  summer  of  1810  at  a  meeting  held  in  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany.  The  members  resolved  to  circulate  the  "Address  to  Church- 
men," put  forth  by  the  New  York  Society,  and  the  essential  features 
of  its  constitution  were  incorporated  into  the  constitution  of  the  new 
society.  The  name  chosen  was  the  Bible  and  Common  Praver  Book 
Society  of  Albany  and  its  Vicinity.  The  following  officers  were  elected: 

The  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  president;  Rev.  David  Butler;  Rev. 
Timothy  Clowes,  secretary;  Re\'.  Cyrus  Stebbins ;  Rev.  Parker 
Adams  ;  P.  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  John  Taylor,  Dudley  Walsh,  Albany; 
Nicholas  Schuyler,  treasurer,  George  Tibbitts,  Troy  ;  Daniel  Martin, 
David  Tomlinson,  Schenectaday ;  Timothy  Leonard,  Lansingburgh; 
Richard  Davis,  Waterford. 

It  went  actively  to  work.  In  1820  it  was  reorganized  and  incorpo- 
rated, and  has  been  an  important  factor  in  the  development  of  the 
Church  in  northern  New  York.  As  given  in  the  Journal  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  Albany  for  1911  the  officers  were: 

The  Rt.  Rev.  William  Croswell  Doane,  D.D.,  president;  the  Rev. 
Walton  W.  Battershall,  D.D.,  first  vice-president;  the  Rev.  Edgar 
A.  Enos,  D.D.,  second  vice-president;  the  Rev.  Edward  T.  Carroll, 
D.D.,  third  vice-president ;  the  Rev.  Henry  R.  Freeman,  Troy,  cor- 


TIMOTHY  CLOWES 

responding  secretary;  Luther  H.  Tucker,  Albany,  recording  secre- 
tary ;  George  B.  Patterson,  Troy,  treasurer. 

Cyrus  Stehhhis. 

Tor  sketcii  see  Volume  IV,  page  416. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany. 

For  notice  see  Volume  III,  page  293. 

Adam  Em  pie. 

At  this  time  Mr.  Empie  was  assistant  to  Seth  Hart  in  St.  George's 
Church,  Hempstead.  See  sketch  \\hich  precedes  his  letter  of  Janu- 
ary 2,  1813. 

Parker  Adams. 

For  particulars  concerning  Mr.  Adams  see  the  notice  of  Grace  Church, 

Waterford,  Volume  II,  page  468. 

St.  James's  Church,  Milton. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  458. 

Joseph  Perry. 

For  mention  see  Volume  II,  page  409. 

St.  John's  Church,  Stillwater. 
For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  459. 

Grace  Church,  Waterford. 

For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  468. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Hoosick  Falls. 

The  town  of  Hoosick  Mas  formed  as  a  district  March  24,  1772, 
and  a  town  March  7,  1788.  It  is  in  the  northeast  corner  of  Rensselaer 
County.  Its  surface  consists  of  the  valley  of  the  Hoosick  Ri\'er  and  the 
wild  region  of  the  Taghkanick  and  Petersburgh  mountain  ranges  on 
the  east  and  west,  the  highest  peaks  within  its  limits  being  Fondas 
Hill  in  the  southwest,  and  Potter's  Hill,  which  are  nine  hundred  feet 
above  the  level  of  the  sea.  The  valleys  in  the  Xown  are  very  narrow, 
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HOBART  CORRESPONDENCE 

with  steep  hillsides.  The  territory  of  the  town  is  covered  by  three 
patents  :  The  Hoosick  patent,  granted  by  Governor  Thomas  Dongan, 
June  3,1683,  to  Maria  Van  Rensselaer  of  Albany,  Hendrick  Van 
Ness  of  Albany,  Gerrit  Tennis  Van  Vechten  of  Catskill,  and  Jacobus 
Van  Cortlandt  of  New  York  City.  It  included  sixty-five  thousand  to 
seventy-five  thousand  acres.  The  Walloomsac  patent,  granted  June 
15,  1739,  to  Edward  Collins,  James  De  Lancey,  Gerardus  Stuyve- 
sant,  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  Charles  Williams,  and  Frederick  Mor- 
ris, included  twelve  thousand  acres  on  the  Walloomsac  River  lying 
partly  in  Washington  and  in  Rensselaer  County.  It  was  east  of  the 
Hoosick  patent.  The  Schneyder  patent,  granted  March  24, 1762,  to 
Hendrick  Schneyder  and  others.  It  covered  ten  thousand  acres  west  of 
the  Hoosick  patent.  The  earliest  settlement  was  made  soon  after  1750 
by  Jan  Oothout,  Adam  Vrooman,  Rykert  Borie,  Bernardus  Bratt,  and 
others.  It  was  totally  destroyed  in  an  attack  made  by  a  party  of  French 
and  Indians,  August  28,  1754.  T^vo  persons  were  killed,  and  the 
houses,  barns,  and  crops  were  destroyed.  New  settlers  came  at  a  later 
date,  and  some  of  the  older  ones  returned.  The  earliest  known  reli- 
gious services  within  the  town  were  held  in  the  seventeenth  century 
for  the  Hoosick  and  other  Indians  by  French  missionaries  in  the  north- 
ern part  of  the  town,  Mhich  they  named  St.  Croix.  It  was  here  that 
a  settlement  was  made  by  several  Dutch  families  before  1754,  and  the 
church  which  had  been  put  up  was  destroyed  in  the  raid  of  that  year. 
When  other  families  and  some  of  the  original  settlers  built  up  a  vil- 
lage on  the  same  site  a  few  years  after,  a  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch 
Church  was  erected  through  the  good  offices  of  Cornelius  Van  Ness. 
It  stood  on  the  road  to  Cambridge,  and  \\as  abandoned  in  1800.  It 
was  taken  down  in  1825.  At  Buskirk's  Bridge,  in  the  western  part  of 
the  town,  a  congregation  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  was  gath- 
ered in  May,  1792,  for  which  a  church  was  built.  A  Baptist  Church 
was  organized  at  Hoosick  March  16,  1785,  of  which  Samuel  Rogers 
was  the  pastor  from  1797  to  1801.  A  Methodist  Church  \^as  formed 
at  Walloomsac,  April  18,  1811,  and  a  Presbyterian  Church  in  1825. 
The  first  Roman  Catholic  services  were  held  in  1834.  Not  even  a  tra- 
dition remains  in  the  present  parish  of  services  by  clergymen  of  the 
Church  previous  to  its  organization  in  1834. 

The  growth  of  Hoosick  Falls  and  the  building  in  1823,  by  Joseph 

Gordon,  of  the  Caledonia  Mills  for  weaving  cotton  cloth  appear  to 

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TIMOTHY  CLOWES 

have  been  the  reasons  why  a  subscription  paper  was  circulated  in  the 
summer  of  1834, and  an  arrangement  made  with  Nathaniel  O.Preston, 
who  had  been  made  deacon  b_v  Bishop  Hopkins,  June  22,  1834,  and 
stationed  at  Bennington,  to  hold  services  in  Hoosick.  every  two  weeks. 
Mr.  Preston  was  a  lovable  man,  capable  and  energetic,  well  adapted 
for  the  difficult  task  of  organizing  a  parish  in  a  community  w  here 
there  had  been  strong  opposition  and  prejudice.  The  first  service  was 
held  by  him  in  July,  and  he  made  his  home  soon  after  at  Hoosick. 
The  meeting  for  incorporation  was  held  November  1,  1834,  and  the 
name  adopted  was  St.  Mark's  Church,  Hoosick  Falls.  The  cerdficate 
of  incorporation  was  signed  by  Nathaniel  O.  Preston,  officiadng  min- 
ister, George  M.  Tibbits,  and  Samuel  Shaw  Crocker,  and  \vitnessed 
by  Harry  Patterson  and  Seth  Parsons.  At  the  parish  meeting  held 
April  3,  1835,  Dr.  Salmon  Moses  was  chairman,  and  Jonathan  Eddy, 
Jr.,  secretary.  George  M.  Tibbits  and  Salmon  Moses  were  chosen 
wardens;  Seth  Parsons,  L.  C.  Bell,  Hezekiah  Munsell,  Jr.,  Jonathan 
Eddy,  Jr.,  Samuel  Shaw^  Crocker,  and  Harry  Patterson  were  chosen 
vestrymen,  with  Dr.  Moses  as  treasurer.  A  subscription  was  com- 
menced for  the  purchase  of  a  lot  and  the  building  of  a  church.  Nine 
hundred  and  seventy-eight  dollars  had  been  secured  by  October  in 
the  village  and  in  the  city  of  Troy,  of  w  hich  seven  hundred  and  eighty- 
two  dollars  were  paid.  In  July,  1836,  the  purchase  of  a  suitable  plot 
with  buildings,  one  of  which  was  a  shop,  which  was  to  be  altered  into 
a  suitable  church,  was  authorized.  In  1838  Mr.  Preston  resigned, 
to  give  up  his  whole  time  to  St.  Peter's  Church,  Bennington.  It  was 
a  very  serious  blow  to  the  little  parish,  still  struggling  to  free  the  prop- 
erty the}-  occupied  from  incumbrances.  Mr.  Preston  was  succeeded  in 
September  of  that  vear  by  Ebenezer  Williams,  who  had  been  made 
deacon  by  Bishop  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  July  15, 1838.  During  his 
incumbency  the  parish  was  reincorporated  November  16, 1838.  In  the 
summer  of  1839  the  rector  resigned,  and  David  J.  Burger,  who  had 
been  made  deacon  b}-  Bishop  McCoskrey,  October  30,  1836,  accepted 
the  rectorship.  He  worked  faithfully  for  two  years  under  financial  and 
other  difficulties. 

The  parish  was  admitted  into  union  with  the  Convention  of  the 
Diocese  of  1840.  In  1841  Mr.  Burger  resigned,  and  became  mis- 
sionary at  Cohoes,  New^  York.  The  sale  of  the  property  nominally  held 
by  the  parish  brought  much  embarrassment,  and  the  suspension  of  reg- 
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ular  services  for  twenty  years.  During  that  period  George  B.  East- 
man of  Schaghticoke,  Dr.  Alvi  Tabor  Twing  of  Lansingburgh,  and 
Dr.  George  B.  Manser  of  Bennington  took  much  interest  in  the  litde 
parish,  ministering  in  it  from  time  to  time.  It  was  visited  by  Bishop 
Wainwright,  March  29, 1854,  when  he  confirmed  tu  o  persons.  Dur- 
ing this  whole  period  Dr.  Moses  read  the  ser\ice  every  Sunday  in 
the  little  red  schoolhouse  of  the  village.  In  1857,  through  the  energy 
of  Dr.  Manser  and  the  settlement  in  the  village  of  some  Churchmen 
liberally  inclined,  a  subscription  of  two  thousand  three  hundred  and 
twenty-seven  dollars  was  obtained  for  the  erection  of  a  church.  It  was 
built  from  designs  by  Henry  Dudley  of  New  York  City,  on  a  plot  pur- 
chased at  a  small  cost  from  Dr.  Moses.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  by 
Bishop  Horatio  Potter  in  the  spring  of  1858,  and  the  church  occupied 
in  1859.  James  H.  Morgan  became  rector  in  April,  1861,  but  failing 
health  caused  his  resignation  in  the  following  December.  In  October, 
1862,  George  A.  Weeks  entered  upon  the  rectorship.  His  incumbency 
was  marked  by  the  removal  of  all  indebtedness  and  the  consecra- 
tion of  the  church  by  Bishop  Potter,  May  5,  1863.  In  April,  1865, 
he  resigned,  and  in  May  of  that  year  George  Huntington  Nicholls, 
rector  of  Grace  Church,  Cherry  Valley,  entered  upon  his  duties  in  the 
parish.  His  sixteen  years  of  active  service  saw  many  improvements 
and  enlargement  in  the  church,  and  a  very  great  increase  in  numbers 
and  influence.  He  was  made  rector  emeritus  November  10,  1881.  He 
continued  to  reside  in  the  parish,  and  died  November  11,  1902,  in 
his  eighty-fifth  year.  His  successors  have  been  George  Dent  Silliman, 
Charles  Carroll  Edmunds,  William  Cunningham,  Rodgers  Alonzo 
Cushman,  George  Alfred  Warren,  Leopold  Kroll,  Jr.,  and  D.  Charles 
White,  who  was  in  office  in  July,  1912.  As  given  in  the  American 
Church  Almanac  for  1912,  there  are  four  hundred  and  forty-four 
communicants. 

Samuel  Fuller. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  July  22,  1811. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Oak  Hill,  Durham. 
For  notice  see  page  236. 


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TIMOTHY  CLOWES 

Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville. 

Rensselaerville,  named  for  the  patroon,  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  \\as 
formed  from  Watervliet,  March  8,  1790.  It  was  considered  the  least 
productive  portion  of  the  patroon 's  domain,  and  was  not  surveyed 
and  divided  into  lots  for  setdement  until  1787.  It  is  in  the  south- 
■western  corner  of  Albany  County.  Its  territory  was  a  part  of  the  pa- 
tent of  Rensselaerwyck.  Its  surface  is  principally  upland,  broken  by 
parallel  ridges,  which  rise  from  four  hundred  to  six  hundred  feet 
above  the  valleys.  It  is  watered  by  Catskill  Creek,  with  its  tributaries, 
Scrub,  Fox,  Ten  Mile,  and  Eight  Mile  Creeks,  and  Willow  Brook. 
In  1795  Bern  was  taken  off,  and  in  1815  a  part  of  Waterloo.  Before 
the  Revolution  Michael  Brant  from  Schoharie  County  settled  in  the 
region.  In  1783  John  Coons,  from  that  part  of  Albany  County  now 
Columbia,  took  up  a  farm  A\ithout  legal  right.  In  1785  Apollos  Moore 
came  on  foot  from  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  to  the  future  town.  His 
wife  rode  upon  a  horse  which  is  said  to  ha\e  cost  five  dollars,  and 
which  also  carried  all  their  worldly  goods.  He  selected  a  farm,  opened 
a  country  store,  and  became  one  of  the  most  honoured  inhabitants, 
serving  for  many  years  as  county  judge.  Among  those  who  settled  on 
the  one  hundred  acre  allotments  after  1788  were  Peter  Plank,  Charles 
Edwards,  Gershom  Stevens,  Henry  Young,  Peter  Basser,  Curds  Cleve- 
land, Daniel  Mudge,  George  Van  Benson,  and  John  Heme.  In  1788 
Samuel  Jenkins  was  the  first  settler  within  the  present  village.  The 
first  religious  services  were  held  in  Preston  Hollow  in  1790,  when  a 
Baptist  Church  was  organized,  of  which  Elder  Winans  was  long  the 
pastor.  A  Presbyterian  Church  was  formed  in  1793,  the  first  service 
being  held  on  April  14  by  a  young  theological  student,  Samuel  Fuller. 
He  was  called  as  pastor  in  November  of  that  year,  when  he  was  given 
one  hundred  pounds  as  a  settlement  and  promised  a  salary  of  fifty 
pounds  a  year,  which  A\as  gradually  to  be  increased  to  eighty  pounds. 
He  was  ordained  over  the  Church  January  23,  1794.  After  a  pastorate 
of  more  than  seventeen  years  Mr.  Fuller  announced  in  October,  1810, 
a  change  of  views  upon  the  polity  and  doctrine  of  the  Church,  and  that 
he  was  to  be  ordained  a  deacon  in  the  American  Church.  Many  heard 
him  with  regret,  for  he  had  been  both  a  minister  and  friend.  Mr.  Fuller 
took  with  him  some  of  his  former  parishioners  when,  on  October  21, 
1810,  services  of  the  Church  were  held  for  the  first  time  in  the  house 
of  Charles  Pierson.  A  parish  of  the  Church  was  organized  February 
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20, 1811,  when  Jacob  Wood  and  Allen  Durant  were  elected  wardens, 
and  Asa  Colvard,  Jonathan  Jenkins,  Josiah  Watson,  Jesse  Hollister, 
Ezra  Lester,  Apollos  Moore,  Elijah  George,  and  Ichabod  Peck  were 
chosen  vestrj'men.  A  subscription  of  two  thousand  nine  hundred  dol- 
lars for  a  church  building  was  obtained,  and  the  corner-stone  was  laid 
August  1,  1814.  The  church  was  consecrated  by  Bishop  Hobart, 
October  24,  1815.  Mr.  Fuller  was  a  wonderful  missionary,  visiting 
throughout  the  Helderberg  and  Catskill  regions,  holding  services,  bap- 
tizing the  children,  instructing  for  confirmation,  and  bringing  many 
families  to  the  Church.  He  died  April  9,  1842,  in  his  seventy-fifth  year. 
He  was  succeeded  by  his  friend  and  assistant,  Robert  Washbon,  who 
was  born  in  Utica,  January  1,  1817,  and  graduated  from  Union  Col- 
lege and  from  the  General  Theological  Seminary.  He  also  spent  his  life 
in  Rensselaerville.  He  Avas  a  country  parson  of  the  highest  type,  and 
in  fifty  years  of  active  service  effectively  strengthened  and  broadened 
the  work  of  the  Church  in  that  region.  He  died  at  Rensselaerville, 
March  4,  1892.  His  successors  have  been  Charles  A.  Wenman  and 
Samuel  Charmer  Thompson.  In  July,  1912,  the  rector  was  John  Prout. 
As  recorded  in  the  American  Church  Almanac  for  1912,  there  are 
forty-one  communicants. 

Reuben  Hubbard. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  January  30,  1812. 

Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh. 
For  notice  see  Volume  II,  page  437. 


C  568  n 


JAMES  KEMP 

[From  James  Kemp] 

Rev"  &  Dear  Sir 

I  AVAIL  myself  of  an  excellent  opportunity  offered  by 
Lieu:  Trippe,  to  renew  our  friendly  intercourse,  which  to 
me  is  a  source  of  great  comfort  and  delight.  I  have  little  to  say 
to  you  but  even  to  tell  you  that  I  am  well  and  to  ask  how  you 
and  your  amiable  little  family  are  is  a  great  deal. 

I  wish  I  could  tell  you  any  thing  pleasing  about  our  vener- 
able church.  I  think,  upon  the  whole,  that  we  are  rather  rising 
upon  our  Shore.  But  we  are  greatly  in  want  of  more  minis- 
ters. I  am  truly  thankful,  that  I  seem  to  have  been  more  suc- 
cessful in  my  ministry  lately,  than  ever  I  have  been  before. 
This  has  given  new  energy  to  my  mind,  and  I  labor  with  more 
zeel  and  more  delight.  My  reading  is  almost  entirely  confined 
to  biblical  criticism  &  Church  history.  Our  Brother  Jackson  is 
also  very  zealous  and  has  much  improved  his  Parish. 

hi  Baltimore  however,  our  Church  has  received  a  severe 
wound,  of  which  you  have,  no  doubt,  heard.  Dr  Rattoone's 
condu6l,  at  first,  was  perhaps  indefensible,  nor  was  that  of  his 
vestry  corre6l.  But  a  sense  of  his  error  and  a  sufficient  de- 
gree of  Christian  humility  might  have  made  up  the  breach. 
Instead  of  this,  he  has  preached  in  the  pulpit  of  a  Presbyte- 
rian &  uttered  a  bitter  inve6live  against  his  Vestry,  &  now 
you,  you  may  well  suppose  in  what  state  things  are.  Mr  Ball 
who  visited  you  some  time  ago  is  among  the  Candidates  for 
the  Church  in  Baltimore. 

I  am  making  some  Notes  upon  the  present  state  of  our 
Church  in  America, and  would  be  much  indebted  to  you, if  you 
would  send  me  answers  to  the  following  Queries.  Whether 
the  Church  in  your  State  is  prosperous.''  What  is  the  general 

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Charafter  of  her  members,  as  to  piety  and  substantial  worth? 
The  general  chara6ler  of  her  ministers:  as  to  piety,  zeal,  & 
learning?  Is  there  sufficient  ground  to  hope  for  a  succession 
of  learned  ministers?  If  from  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  you 
could,  thro'  our  worthy  brother  Mr  Harris,  obtain  answers  to 
the  same  Queries  you  would  oblige  me  very  much,  as  I  have 
no  acquaintances  there.  What  is  to  be  the  fate  of  these  Notes, 
I  cannot  yet  tell,  but  you  shall  know  when  it  is  determined. 
Be  so  good  as  to  present  my  Respefts  to  your  Bishop,  Dl" 
Beach,  Mf  Harris  &  M!^  Jones.  And  remember  me  most  affec- 
tionately to  M?  Hobart.  This  will  be  delivered  by  a  Nephew 
of  M?  Kemp,  Lieu.  Tripp  whom  I  beg  leave  to  introduce 
to  you.  He  comes  to  your  City  on  some  naval  expedition.  I 
am  Dl  Sir,  with  much  regard  for  your  happiness  and  your 
success  in  our  common  cause, 

your  afFe6lionate  Brother 

Ja=  Kemp 

Castle  Haven  Feb'/   I  i.  1806.* 

P.  S.  I  wish  I  had  something  to  send.  Our  last  Journal  &  our 
Bishop's  Letter  are  all  I  can  suppose  would  be  either  new  or 
agreeable.  J.  K. 

Endonement: 
James  Kemp 
Feb  6th  1 8 1 1 . 


ANNOTATIONS 

John  Trippe. 

Lieutenant  Trippe  belonged  to  an  old  Maryland  family  settled  on  the 

eastern  shore.  The  courtesy  of  Charles  W.  Stuart,  superintendent  of 

•Owing  to  the  wrong  endorsement,  this  letter  was  found  pasted  into  the  book  containing  the 
letters  of  181 1,  which  accounts  for  its  not  being  published  in  corre6l  chronological  order.  Ed. 


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JAMES  KEMP 

the  Library  and  Naval  War  Records  of  the  Navy  Department,  has 
furnished  the  following  particulars. 

John  Trippe  entered  the  na\y  as  a  midshipman,  April  5,  1799,  was 
promoted  to  sailing-master  May  6,  1803,  and  sailed  in  the  brig  A'^ixen  to 
join  the  squadron  of  Commodore  Preble  oft'  Tripoli.  In  August,  1 804, 
he  was  appointed  an  acting  lieutenant  and  placed  in  command  of  Gun- 
boat No.  6.  In  the  attack  on  the  Tripolitan  fleet  he,  with  one  midship- 
man and  nine  men,  boarded  one  of  the  largest  of  the  enemy's  vessels, 
Avith  the  odds  of  thirty-six  to  eleven!  Goldsborough,  in  the  "Na\al 
Chronicle,"  says:  "A  more  remarkable  action  was  probably  never 
recorded.  The  commander  of  the  enemy's  gunboat  was  a  remark- 
ably athletic,  gallant  man,  his  height  considerably  exceeding  six 
feet.  Before  he  engaged  in  battle,  he  swore  upon  the  Koran  that  he 
would  conquer  or  die.  Trippe  was  undersize,  though  well  set  and  ex- 
tremely active.  He  and  Midshipman  John  D.  Henley,  perceiving  the 
gigantic  stature  of  their  foe,  yet  imappalled,  made  at  him.  The  gal- 
lant Turk  sustained  the  conflict  Avith  a  firmness  worthy  of  a  better 
fate.  Trippe  and  Henley,  admiring  his  extraordinary  courage.  Mere 
anxious  to  spare  his  life,  and  gave  him  repeated  intimations  of  their 
wishes;  he,  however,  rejected  indignantly  every  overture  of  the  kind 
and  fought, with  increased  fury.  He,  it  was,  who  gave  Lieutenant 
Trippe  eleven  wounds.  Trippe's  life  was  only  saved  by  his  great  ac- 
tivity and  perfect  self-possession.  Finding  that  the  Turk  would  not 
yield,  Trippe  was  at  length  compelled,  in  self-defense,  though  with 
great  reluctance,  to  inflict  a  mortal  wound.  Lieutenant  Trippe  dur- 
ing his  whole  life  regretted  the  necessity  he  was  under  of  putting  the 
Turk  to  death.  Years  after  the  event  had  occurred,  so  great  was  his 
sensibility  on  the  occasion,  that  he  shed  tears  in  reciting  to  us  the  cir- 
cumstances.Noble,  generous  spirit — conspicuous  alike  for  his  human- 
ity and  his  chivahy." 

Lieutenant  Trippe  continued  to  distinguish  himself  during  the  Tri- 
politan War,  and  received  a  vote  of  thanks  and  a  sword  from  Con- 
gress. 

He  was  promoted  to  lieutenant,  January  9,  1807,  and  in  1809  was 
lieutenant-commandant  in  command  of  the  schooner  Enterprise. 

He  died  on  the  Vixen,  off"  Havana,  Cuba,  July  9,  1810. 

A  torpedo-boat  destroyer  has  been  named  after  this  gallant  officer. 

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Joseph  Jackson. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  484. 

Elisha  Dunham  Rattoone. 

For  notice  see  Volume  IV,  page  241. 

David  Ball. 

For  notice  see  page  311. 

Kemp's  Notes  oji  the  Church  in  America. 

A  careful  examination  of  the  periodicals  of  the  period  fails  to  reveal 

any  publication  by  Dr.  Kemp  bearing  in  any  way  on  the  proposed 

"Notes." 

William  Harris. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  IV,  page  288. 

Benjamin  Moore. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  II,  page  230. 

Abraham  Beach. 

See  sketch  which  precedes  his  letter  of  May  16,  1827. 

Cave  Jones. 

For  sketch  see  Volume  V,  page  78. 

Elizabeth  Kemp. 

In  1790  James  Kemp  married  Elizabeth,  a  daughter  of  Captain  Ed- 
ward Noel  of  Castle  Haven,  Dorchester  County,  Maryland.  They  had 
three  children.  Mrs.  Kemp  died  August  14, 1826. 


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INDEXES 


ALPHABETICAL  INDEX  TO  LETTERS 

MAY, 1808, TO   FEBRUARY, I8II 

Note.  A  brief  biographical  sketch  precedes  the  first  letter  of  each  corre- 
spondent^ which  is  distinguished  bif  an  asterisk  in  the  following  list.  Un- 
less the  contrary  is  stated,  all  letters  are  addressed  to  John  Henry  Hobart 


LETTER 

DATE 

PAGE 

Abercrombie,  James 

May  31,  1808 

33 

Abercrombie,  James 

July  15,  1808 

80 

Abercrombie,  James 

Auguit  5,  1808 

85 

Abercrombie,  James 

September  24,  I  808 

105 

Abercrombie,  James 

August  3,  1809 

269 

Abercrombie,  James 

November  29,  1 809 

319 

Abercrombie,  James 

1809 

345 

Abercrombie,  James 

Alarch  19,  1810 

374 

Abercrombie,  James 

September  11,  i  8 1 0 

469 

Abercrombie,  James 

Oiiober  20,  I  810 

488 

Abercrombie,  James 

OSiober  24,  1810 

489 

Adams,  Parker 

November  27,  I  809 

317 

Adams,  Parker 

May  12,  1 810 

406 

Baldwin,  Amos  Glover 

February  5,  1810 

360 

*  Barber,  Daniel 

August  2,  1 810 

447 

*  Bartow,  John  Vanderbilt 

November  25,  1810 

513 

*  Bayard,  Lewis  Pintard 

January  22,  1811 

543 

Beasley,  Frederic 

September  29,  1809 

287 

Beasley,  Frederic 

February  27,  18 10 

370 

Beasley,  Frederic 

March  22,  1 8 10 

376 

Beasley,  Frederic 

April  10,  1810 

393 

Beasley,  Frederic 

April  19,  1 8 10 

396 

Beasley,  Frederic 

Novejnber  16,  1810 

SIC 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove  John 

June  2  2,  1808 

65 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove  John 

June  29,  1808 

72 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove  John 

Ofiober  24,   I  808 

133 

INDEX  TO  LETTERS 


LETTER 

DATE 

PAGE 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

February  II,  1809 

163 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

May  6,  1809 

220 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

May  31,  1809 

240 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

June  19,  1809 

247 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

July  8,  1809 

252 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

July  19,  1809 

260 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

August  I,  1809 

265 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

November  11^  1 809 

315 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove 

John 

Onober  I,  1 8  10 

475 

*  Bowden,  John 

August  15,  1809 

276 

Bowden,  John,  to  Benjamin 

Moore 

August  8,  1810 

451 

*  Brady,  John 

February  15,  l8n 

550 

*  Brenton,  Frances 

Oaober  31,  1808 

135 

*  Bronson,  Abraham 

April  7,  1 8 10 

388 

*  Bulkley,  Barzillai 

June  7,  1809 

244 

*  Burhans,  Daniel 

Oaober  17,  1810 

482 

Certificates  to  Donald  Fraser  from 

John  Rodgers 

August  13,  1808 

87 

Samuel  Latham  M 

itchell 

August  13,  1808 

87 

Benjamin  Moore 

August  15,  1808 

87 

Robert  Lenox 

August  17,  1808 

87 

Chapman,  James 

Oaober  28,  1808 

134 

Chapman,  James 

July  25,  1809 

263 

Chapman,  James 

January  12,  1810 

348 

Chapman,  James 

June  II,  I  8 1 0 

422 

*  Clowes,  Timothy 

February  20,  181 1 

558 

Constitution  of  the  Diocese 

of  Rhode  Island 

May  5,  1808 

10 

*  Croes,  John 

June  10,  1808 

5' 

Croes,  John 

August  16,  1808 

90 

Croes,  John 

Oaober  II,  1808 

119 

*  Davis,  Asahel 

December  15,  1809 

324 

*  Davis,  John 

i:  576  ] 

August  19,  1808 

285 

INDEX  TO  LETTERS 


LETTER 

DATE 

PAGE 

*  Day,  William,  to  Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

May  9,  1809 

222 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

June  20,  1808 

64 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

'January  21,  1809 

162 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

February  17,  I  809 

•73 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

March  18,  1809 

185 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

March  28,  1809 

188 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

May  12,  1809 

223 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

May  24,  1809 

229 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

April  20,  18 10 

400 

Dayton,  Elias  Bayley 

Offober  29,  1 8 10 

495 

Dayton,  Jane  Tongrelou 

1810 

358 

Dayton,  Jane  Tongrelou 

November  II,  I  8 1 0 

508 

*  Eaton,  Asa 

Jpril  2  2,  1809 

201 

Eaton,  Asa 

November  18,  1 809 

313 

English,  David 

Jpril  25,  1809 

203 

English,  David 

Jpril  25,  1809 

204 

*Fairchild,  Ward 

June  9,  1808 

38 

Fairchild,  Ward 

June  10,  1808 

39 

Fairchild,  Ward 

June  19,  1809 

246 

*  Fay,  Jedediah 

November  10,  1808 

138 

*  Feltus,  Henry  James 

September  29,  1 809 

296 

*  Frazer,  Rebecca 

Jugust  2,  1809 

267 

Gervais,  Paul  Trapier 

July  2,  1808 

75 

Gervais,  Paul  Trapier 

December  8,  1 809 

321 

*  Gibson,  Robert 

Jpril,  1809 

213 

*  Handy,  John  C. 

June  3,  1809 

241 

Hart,  Seth 

July  8,  1808 

79 

Hart,  Seth 

July  27,  1809 

264 

Hart,  Seth 

May   17,   1810 

409 

Hobart,  John  Henry,  to  Elias  Bayley  Dayton 

March  10,  1809 

179 

Hobart,  John  Henry,  to  James  Chapman 

July  24,  1809 

262 

*  Hoffman,  Anna 

Onober  9,  1 8 10 

476 

C   577  ] 


INDEX  TO  LETTERS 


LETTER 

Hubbard,  Bela 
Hubbard,  Bela 
Hubbard,  Bela 
Hubbard,  Bela,  to  Abraham  Beach 

*  Huntington,  David 

*  Ingraham,  Susan 
Jaclcson,  Joseph 
Jackson,  Joseph 
Jackson,  Joseph 
Jackson,  Joseph 

*Jacocks,  John  H. 
Jacocks,  John  H. 
Jacocks,  John  H. 
Jones,  Jasper  Davis 
Kemp,  James 
Kemp,  James 
Kemp,  James 
Kemp,  James 
Kemp,  James 
Kemp,  James 
Kemp,  James 
King,  Rufus 

*  Lee,  Edmund  Jennings 
Lee,  Edmund  Jennings 
Lee,  Edmund  Jennings 
Lee,  Edmund  Jennings 

*Lyell,  Thomas 
Nash,  Daniel 
Nash,  Daniel 
Nash,  Daniel 


DATE 

PAGE 

August   20,    1808 

lOI 

November  1,  I  808 

136 

May  22,  1809 

226 

Alay  19,  1 810 

412 

"Jajiuary  31,  I  8 1  I 

547 

May  23,  1 8 10 

420 

June  13,  1808 

55 

February  16,  1809 

167 

1810 

435 

November  3,  I  8 10 

501 

December  22,  1808 

153 

March  6,  1809 

176 

March  30,    1810 

382 

June  27,  1808 

71 

February  6,  1806* 

569 

June  6,  1808 

35 

September  8,  1808 

103 

Oaober  II,  1808 

122 

January  1 1,  1809 

158 

OSlober  30,  1 809 

308 

December  22,  1 809 

340 

February  24,  1 8 10 

369 

December  16,  1 809 

326 

January  14,  1 8 10 

351 

February  17,  18  lO 

365 

March  26,  I  8 10 

379 

May  17,  1808 

18 

Oilober  14,  1808 

125 

May  12,  18 10 

407 

Augmt  18,  1 8 10 

453 

*  Owing  to  the  wrong  endorsement,  this  letter  was  found  pasted  into  the  book  containing  the 
letters  of  181 1,  which  accounts  for  its  not  beins;  published  in  correfl  chronological  order.  Ed. 


INDEX  TO  LETTERS 


LETTER 

Nash,  Daniel 
Ogden,  Aaron 
Ogden,  Aaron 

*  Onderdonk,  Benjamin  Tredwell 
*Owen,  John,  to  Benjamin  Moore 

*  Pardee,  Amos,  to  Thomas  and  James  Swords 

*  Parker,  John  Rowe 
Parker,  John  Rowe 
Phelps,  Davenport 

Phelps,  Davenport,  to  Benjamin  Moore 

Phelps,  Davenport 

Phelps,  Davenport 

Prentice,  Joseph 

Prentice,  Joseph 

Prentice,  Joseph 

Prentice,  Joseph 

Pryce,  William 

Reed,  John 

Reed,  John 

Reed,  John 

Reed,  John 

Robertson,  James 

Robertson,  James 

Robertson,  James 

Rudd,  John  Churchill 

Rudd,  John  Churchill 

Rudd,  John  Churchill 

Rudd,  John  Churchill 

Rudd,  John  Churchill 

Rudd,  John  Churchill 

Rudd,  John  Churchill 

Rudd,  John  Churchill 

c  579 ;] 


DATE 

PAGE 

October  14,  1 810 

480 

'January  12,   l8og 

160 

December  19,  1 809 

327 

August  31,  1 8 10 

468 

OSlober  30,  18 10 

496 

May  24,  1809 

230 

December  16,  I  808 

148 

May  20,  1809 

225 

May  2,  1808 

3 

Oaober  5,  1809 

297 

May  8,  1 8 10 

401 

"January  4,  1 8 1 1 

528 

July  28,  1808 

82 

May  29,  1809 

233 

OSiober  20,  1809 

306 

April  3,  1810 

386 

March  2,  1809 

174 

September  29,  1  809 

289 

September  18,  1810 

471 

November  1 ,  1 8 1 0 

499 

February  19,  181 1 

552 

March  20,  1809 

186 

May  24,  1809 

227 

Oiiober  I  I,  1 809 

302 

June  10,  1808 

41 

December  6,  I  808 

144 

March  JO,  1809 

184 

April  10,  1809 

190 

April  14,  1809 

198 

OSiober  30,  1809 

312 

December  12,  1809 

323 

December  2 1 ,  1 809 

328 

INDEX  TO  LETTERS 

LETTER                                         DATE  PAGE 

Rudd,  John  Churchill                                                  December  22yi^0()  330 

*Sayres,  Gilbert  Hunt                                                   December  24,  1810  524 

Sayres,  Gilbert  Hunt                                                    February  4,  181 1  549 

*  Schweitzer,  L.  July  10,  1809  255 
Seabury,  Charles  January  7,  181 1  539 
Simons,  James  Dewar  Oilober  14,  1 808  128 
Simons,  James  Dewar  December  lO,  1 808  146 
Simons,  James  Dewar  July  19,  1809  257 
Simons,  James  Dewar,  to  Nathaniel  Bowen  Jt'»e  27,  1810  424 
Simons,  James  Dewar  November  t,o,  18 10  520 

*  Smith,  John  Rhea  Clarendon  September  28,  1808  115 
*Smith,  Walter  Jpril  11,  1809  192 

Smith,  William  Oilober  13,  18 10  477 

*  Stanford,  John  November  21,  i%oi  141 
*Startin,  Sarah  May  i,  1809  219 

Stebbins,  Cyrus  July  5,  1808  77 

Stebbins,  Cyrus  February  20,  1811  555 

*  Stewart,  Charles  July  19,  18 10  442 
Stewart,  Charles  OSiober  24,  1 8 10  491 
Swords,  Thomas  and  James  May  15,  1808  13 
Swords,  Thomas  December  It).,  1 809  343 

*Tyng,  Dudley  Atkins,  to  William  Harris  January  23,  1810  354 


C  580  : 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

A.BERCROMBIE,  James,  Charges 

of,  reference  to     85,  269,  470 
Ledtures  on  the  Catechism, 

reference  to    34,107,124,320 
Review  of,  by  Hobart  81 

Reference  to  320 

Sermon  on  the  Liturgy  of  the 

Episcopal  Church  81 

Reference  to  86 

Abercrombie  and  the  William 

Penn  Marriage  319 

AA  of  Parliament  for  Conse- 
cration of  Bishops  not  sub- 
jects of  British  Crown  493 
Adams,  Parker,  reference  to        563 
Adams,  Pliny,  reference  to  487 
Addison,  Walter  Dulaney  206 
Albany,  St.  Peter's  Church,  ref- 
erence to                                      563 
Albany,  St.  Peter's  Church,  and 

John  Croes  330 

Albany  Bible  and  Common 

Prayer  Book  Society  562 

Albany  Centinel  Controversy, 

reference  to  301 

Alexander,  William  363 

Allender,  Dr.  396 

Allen's  Hill,  St.  Paul's  Church       4 
Reference  to  301 

Apology   for  Apostolic  Order, 
by  John  Henry  Hobart,  ref- 
erence to  131,  301 
Armstrong,  John,  reference  to      32 
Ashland,  Trinity  Church  238 
Aspinwall,  Emily  Phillips           444 
Reference  to                               494 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Athens,  Trinity  Church,  refer- 
ence to  307 

At  well,  Thomas  374 

Auburn,  St.  Peter's  Church, 

reference  to  537 

Aurelius,  reference  to  299,534 


Jdaldwin,  Amos  Glover,  refer- 
ence to  452 
Ball,  David  311 
Reference  to  572 
Baptismal  Regeneration  387 
Barclay,  Francis  380 
Bartow,  Anthony  Abramse  518 
Bartow,  John  Vanderbilt,  ref- 
erence to                   198,259,546 
Bartow,  Leonard  518 
Bartow,  Theodosius,  M.D.,or 
Anthony  Abramse,or  Leon- 
ard 518 
Beach,  Abraham,  reference  to 

20, 70,  572 

Beaman,  Samuel,  reference  to      487 
Beasley,  Frederic,  reference 

to      I33> i59> 165,  221,  254, 

342,  368 

Convention  Sermon  of  142 

Godson  of  396 

Beasley,  Maria  288 

Reference  to    373,378,396,512 

Bell,  Andrew  422 

Bell,  Hamilton  25 

Bend    and    Dashiell   Motion    in 

General  Convention,  1808    70 
Reference  to  73 

,81    ] 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Bend,  Joseph  Grove  John,  ref- 
erence to         37,60,263,311, 
368,381,507,512 
Thanks  of  House  of  Bishops 
to,  1808  74 

Bend,  Mrs.  Joseph  Grove  John      70 
Reference  to  74,  252,  254 

Bend,  Mary  B.,  reference  to       166 
Bend,  William  475 

Benson,  Egbert  560 

Berrian,  William,  reference  to 

184,512 
Best,  William  518 

Bethany,  Christ  Church  414 

Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania  437 

Betsey,  The  147 

Bill,  James  I.  500 

Reference  to  554 

Birch,  Samuel  69 

Bissel,  Mr.  169 

Blackwell, Robert, reference  to    489 
Blanchard,  Caleb  224 

Blenheim  239 

Bloomfield,  reference  to  537 

Bloomingdale,  St.  Michael's 

Church,  reference  to  199 

Bostock,  Benjamin  346 

Bowden,  John,  reference  to 

132,  I47>i70,  342,  392^450, 
487>527 
Letters  on   Episcopacy  by, 
reference  to    34,86,102,  107, 

124, 149^301 
Portrait  of  Calvinism,  by        404 
Bowen,  Margaret  434 

Bowen,  Nathaniel,  reference  to 

130,258,268,311,322,434 
Brady,  John,  reference  to  284 

C   58 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Branch  of  the  Bank  of  the 
United  States,  New  York 
City  180 

Reference  to  185,  400,  495 

Brig  Despatch  519 

Briscoe,  William  63 

Reference  to  124 

British  and  Foreign  Bible  So- 
ciety 497 
Bronson,  Abraham,   reference 

to  445,  492 

Bronson,  Tillotson,  reference 

to  282 

Bronson,  The  Spelling  of  392 

Buck,  Gould  391 

Bulkley,  Barzillai,  reference  to 

286,  524 
Bull,  Levi  23 

Burhans,  Daniel,  reference  to  14 
Burkitt,  William,  reference  to  546 
Burnet, Jacob, referenceto  187,228 
Burroughs,  Charles  313 

Butler,  David,  reference  to 

307, 500, 554 
Butternuts,  reference  to  126 

V^AMPBELL,  John  Barnw^ell        268 
Reference  to  269 

Cannell,  Isaac,  Jr.  249 

Catharine,  St.  John's  Church      530 
Catskill,St.  Luke's  Church,  ref- 
erence to  452,  474 
Consecration  of  290 
Chamberlaine,  May  I  70 
Chapman,  James,  reference  to 
14,    165,    190,   221,   226,   239, 
240,249,  254,  261,  326,  351, 
368,  383,  512 

2    n 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Charges  of  James  Abercrom- 
bie,  reference  to         85,269,470 

Charity  Hymn,  1808  68 

Charleston  Bible  Society,  The    429 

Charleston  Courier,  The  i  30 

Reference  to  147 

Checkley,  John  449 

Chiffelo,  Thomas  434 

Christ  Church,  Cooperstown, 
reference  to  532 

Christ  Church,  Coxsackie,  ref- 
erence to  84,  307 

Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh, 

reference  to  45^,  568 

Christ  Church,  Hampton,  refer- 
ence to  487 

Christ  Church  (now  Holy  Trin- 
ity), Middletown,  Conneft- 
icut  94 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
reference  to  245,  307 

Christ  Church,  Savannah, 

Georgia  5  1 5 

Christ  Church,  Shrewsbury, 

reference  to  190,  199 

Christ  Church,  Woodbridge, 

now  Bethany  414 

Christian's  Magazine,  The, 

reference  to  178,487 

Churchman's  Magazine,  The, 

New  Series  42 

Reference  to  14,53,60,71,74,77, 

81,83, 8^5 1°2,  104, 124,126, 

13O1  138,  I47>  149,  150,  157. 
165, 169, 178, 221, 225, 232, 
242, 254, 261, 266, 269, 290, 
316,318,342,372,375,390, 
409,421,  470,472,  489,  519 

C  5^ 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Circular  of  New  Series  of 
Churchman's  Magazine,  by 
John  Henry  Hobart  42 

Claggett,  Thomas  John,  ref- 
erence to  62,  252 

Clapham,  Samuel,  reference  to 

63,  231 
Clark,  Orin,  reference  to  530 

Clark,  Peter  Gilchrist  485 

Clark,  William  Atwater,  refer- 
ence to  532 
Clarke,  Abraham  Lynsen,  ref- 
erence to  534,  539 
Clarke,  Peter  Lynsen  533 
Clay,  Slator  20 
Clifton  Springs,  St.  John's 

Church  299 

Reference  to  537 

Coale  &  Thomas  165 

Reference  to  249,  315 

Colden,  Cadwallader,  Letter 

of  342 

Coleman,  John  254 

Coleman,  William,  reference 

to  221,  250 

Colt,  Samuel  402 

Columbia  College,  New  York, 

1811  561 

Commentaries  on  the  Holv 
Bible  of  Symon  Patrick 
and  William  Lowth  234 

Reference  to  545 

Committee  for  Propagating  the 
Gospel  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  reference  to  83,  298,  307 
Companion  for  the  Altar,  by 
John  Henry  Hobart,  refer- 
ence to  109,232,401,408 

3    ] 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Connecticut  Evangelical  Mag- 
azine, reference  to  127 

Consecration  of  St.  Luke's 

Church,  Catskill  290 

Constitution  and  Canons, 

1808  506 

Reference  to  521 

Constitution  of  the  Diocese  of 
Rhode  Island,  The  6 

Convocation  at  Watertown, 

1807,  reference  to  137 

Cooperstown,  Christ  Church, 

reference  to  532 

Cotterill,  Mr.  229 

Cotton,  Charles  Caleb  445 

Reference  to  494 

Course  of  Ecclesiastical  Studies, 
1804  545 

Cox,  Edmund  Noel,  reference 
to  341 

Coxsackie,  Christ  Church,  ref- 
erence to  84,  307 

Crocker,  Nathan  Bourne  30 

Croes,  John,  and  St.  Peter's 

Church,  Albany  330 

Croes,  John,  Jr.,  reference  to 

54,  120 

Croswell,  Thomas  O'Hara         472 

Dalcho,  Frederick,  reference 

to  130,  147 

Dana,  James  414 

Dashiell,  George,  reference  to 

20,  32,  60,  70,  73,  372,  399 
Motion  in  General  Conven- 
tion, 1808,  by  Bend  and     70 
Reference  to  73 

Daughters  of  Davenport  Phelps       4 

c 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Davis,  Asahel,  reference  to  330 
Davis,  Henry  Lyon,  reference 

to  254 
Davis,  Mrs.  John  286 
Dayton,  Elias  Bayley,  refer- 
ence to  509 
Dayton,  Jane  Tongrelou,  ref- 
erence to  145 
Dayton,  William,  reference  to  495 
Dehon,  Theodore,  reference  to  434 
Deneall,  George  368 
Dick,  John  L.  303 
Doddridge,  Philip  545 
Dorsey,  William  H.  74 
Duanesburgh,  Christ  Church, 

reference  to  452,  568 

Dumont,  Mary  Brewerton 

(Swords)  344 

Earle,  Thomas  169 

Eastern  Diocese,  The  357 

Elizabeth  Town,  St.  John's 

Church  144 

Petition  of,  1809  312 

Emmanuel  Church,  Little  Falls, 

reference  to  363 

Empie,  Adam,  reference  to 

11,  79,  264,  563 
English,  Sarah,  reference  to  206 
Episcopal    Academy    of  Con- 

nefticut,  The  278 

Erskine,  David  Montague  2o8 

Essays  on  the  SubjecS  of  Epis- 
copacy, by  John  Henry  Ho- 
bart,  reference  to  446 

Ewing,  Mr.  146 

Examination  of  Dr.  Price's  and 
Dr.  Priestley's  Sermons  174 

584  D 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

r  AIRFIELD,  Trinity  Church, 

reference  to  363 

Fairfield    Academy,   reference 

to  3<^3 

Farrer,  John  232 

Felch,  Nathan  478 

Feltus,  Henry  James,  reference 

to  32 

Ferry  and  Creek  Boats,  refer- 
ence to  161 
Flinn,  Andrew                               431 
Flushing,  St.  George's  Church, 

reference  to  540 

Foote,  J.  &  J.  P.  40 

Foote,  John  417 

Fountain,  Mr.  400 

Fraser,  Donald,  reference  to  87 
Freehold,  St.  Peter's  Church, 

reference  to  48 

French,  Peter  P.,  reference  to  487 
Fuller,  Samuel,  reference  to  566 
Furman,  Richard  430 

Cjadsden,  Christopher  Ed- 
wards 429 
Gallatin,  Albert  208 
Geneva,  Trinity  Church,  ref- 
erence to                           298,  530 
Genoa  536 
Gervais,  Paul   Trapier,  refer- 
ence to                               258,  434 
Gibson,  Robert,  Jr.  213 
Gibson,  William  Lewis  60 
Reference  to                    206,  381 
Giles,  William  Branch                 211 
Gillender,  James                            409 
Gisborne,  Thomas                        231 
Glasse,  Henry  George                 232 

C  58 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Glentworth,  George  346 

Grace  Church,  Waterford,  ref- 
erence to  563 
Great  Britain  and  the  United 

States,  April,  1809  208 

Griffin,  Edward  Dorr  331 

Griswold,  Alexander  Viets, 

reference  to  449 

Hall,  Captain  242 

Hall,  Ezra  232 

Hampton,  Christ  Church,  ref- 
erence to  487 
Handy,  George  Dashiell  S.  29 
Harris,  William,  reference   to 

132,  147^  259,  357,  390,  572 
Hart,  Ruth,  reference  to  79 

Haweis,  Thomas  62 

Hawker,  Robert,  Zion's  Pil- 
grim, by  409 
Hawley,  William,  reference  to 

63,169 
Hayward,  George  Robins  506 

Henshaw,  John  Prentiss 

Kewley  390 

Herbert,  William  368 

Herriman,  Miss  359 

Hetfield,  Smith,  reference  to       331 
Heyer,  Mr.  188 

Reference  to  224 

Higbee,  Daniel,  reference  to  48,  53 
Hobart,  Elizabeth  Catherine       359 
Reference  to  372 

Hobart,  John  Henry,  Apology 
for  Apostolic  Order,  by, 
reference  to  131,301 

Circular    of  New   Series    of 
Churchman's  Magazine, by  42 

5  : 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Hobart,  John  Henry,  Compan- 
ion for  the  Altar,  by,  ref- 
erence to      169,232,301,408 
Consecration    Sermon    at 

Newark,  by  470 

Reference  to  489 

Essays  on  the  Subje£l  of 
Episcopacy,  by,  refer- 
ence to  446 
Review  of  Abercrombie's 

Lectures,  by  81 

Reference  to  320 

Short  Hills  Estate  of  180 

Hobart,  John  Henry,  and  Cave 

Jones  536 

Hobart,  Mary  224 

Reference  to  228,  258 

Hobart,  Robert  Enoch,  Jr.,  ref- 
erence to  470 
Holy  Trinity  Church,  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut  94 
Honeoye,  reference  to                  404 
Hoosick  Falls,  St.  Mark's 

Church  563 

Hopkinson,  Joseph  346 

Hough,  Robert  242 

House  of  Bishops,  Pastoral 

Letter  of,  1808  47 

Thanks  of,  to  Dr.  Bend, 

1808  74 

How,  Thomas  Yardley,  refer- 
ence to  120,124,147,169, 
204,  259,  399,  509,  549 
Hubbard,  Reuben  387 
Reference  to  568 
Hubbard,  Solomon                        450 
Humis,  Mrs.                                 434 
Huntington,  David,  reference  to  555 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Huntsburgh  446 

Reference  to  494 

Hymns  adopted  by  the  Gen- 
eral Convention,  1 808  34,  116 
Reference  to  166 


Ives,  Reuben 


418 


J—  J— 's  of  New  York  5 1 8 

Jackson,  Joseph,  reference  to 

37'  67,  74,  124,  250,  266,  572 
Jacocks,  John  H.,  reference  to  102 
Jeffrys,  Henry  331 

Jenkins,  Jeremiah  Fones  12 

Jennings,  David  545 

Jewett,  Stephen,  reference  to  485 
Jones,  Cave,  reference  to  36,  236, 
259,  33°^  518, 572 
Jones,  Cave,  and  John  Henry 

Hobart  536 

Jones,  Isaac  413 

Reference  to  452,455 

Jones,  Jasper  Davis,  reference 

to  53 

Jones,  Mr. 
Jones,  William,  of  Nayland, 

reference  to 
Judd,  Bethel,  reference  to 


408 

127 
61 


K.EITH,  James  368 

Kemp,  Elizabeth  572 

Kemp,  James,  reference  to    60,67, 

74,  169,242,250,278,507 

Episcopacy  Vindicated,  by, 

reference  to  37,  104,  124 

Notes  on  the  Church  in 

America,  by  572 

Kemp,  Mrs.  John  278 


C  586] 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Kewley,  John,  reference  to        102, 
124,  159,  169,  174,  221,  249 
Kinsey,  Mrs.  268 

Knowlton,  St.  James's  Church, 

reference  to  54 

Kollock,  Henry,  reference  to 

134,  515 

L<AIRD,  James,  reference  to    26,36 

Laurence,  Richard,  reference 

to  236,  307 

Lawrence,  Jonathan  Hampton, 
reference  to  161 

Lectures  on  the  Catechism,  by 
James  Abercrombie,  ref- 
erence to        34,107,124,320 
Review  of,  by  Hobart  81 

Reference  to  320 

Lee,  Barbara  470 

Reference  to  488,  490 

Lenox,  Robert  89 

Letter  of  Cadwallader  Colden    342 

Letter  to  the  Monthly  Antho- 
logy in  the  Churchman's 
Magazine  150 

Letters  on  Episcopacy,  by  John 
Bowden,  reference  to        34,  86, 
102,  107,  124, 149, 301 

Little,  Michael  470 

Reference  to  490 

Little  Falls,  Emmanuel  Church, 
reference  to  363 

Livingston,  John  R.  160 

Lobdell,  Nathan  392 

Lyell,  Thomas,  reference  to 

204,  239,  259,  381 

JVIackie,  Peter  and  Elizabeth, 
reference  to  359 

C   58 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Macklin,  George  236 

Manlius,  reference  to  364,  532 

Maria,  The  Sloop  189 

Marriage  of  Mary  Chetwood 

Ogden,  The  327 

Martin,  Solomon  455 

Marvin,  John,  reference  to         264 
Maryland,  Petition  of  Diocese 

of,  for  Incorporation  310 

Mason,  John  Mitchell  107 

Reference  to  132,  178,369, 

487,  560 

McCall,  John  426 

McDonald,  Daniel,  reference 

to  284 

McDowell,  John,  reference  to    339 
McVickar,  James  555 

Meeker,  Mr.  487 

Mercer,  Charles  Fenton,  ref- 
erence to  36,  206,  373,  399 
Meredith,  William  320 
Merrick,  James  102 
Mesier,  Peter,  reference  to  178 
Middlebury,  Vermont,  refer- 
ence to                                        487 
Middletown,     Connecticut, 
Christ  Church  (now  Holy 
Trinity)  94 
Miller,  Samuel,  reference  to  63 
102,  112,159,  169,342,385 
Milton,  St.  James's  Church, 

reference  to  3 '8,  563 

Mitchell,  Samuel  Latham  88 

Montague,  William  356 

Montezuma  533 

Monthly  Anthology,  The  149 

Letter  to,  in  the  Church- 
man's Magazine  150 

7   ^ 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Moore,  Benjamin,  reference  to    32, 
78,89,132,147,  151,318,470, 
475,  490,  498,  540,  548,  572 
Moore,  Charity,  reference  to      452 
Moore,  John,  reference  to  264 

Moore,  Richard  Channing,  ref- 
erence to  32,  68, 159, 221, 
240,  249,  311,  330 
Morehouse,  Mr.  188 
Moscrop,  Henry  378 
Motion  for  Election  of  a  Bishop 

for  New  Jersey,  1808  48 

Mount  Holly,  St.  Andrew's 

Church,  reference  to  48,  54 

Mountain,  Jacob  444 

Reference  to  492 

Munroe,  Francis  &  Parker         149 

Reference  to  225 

r>  ASH, Daniel, reference  to452,532 
Nash,  Olive,  reference  to  455 

Nelson's  Festivals  and  Fasts, 

reference  to  232,  546 

Nesbit,  Captain  189 

Newark, Trinity  Church, Con- 
secration Sermon  at,  by 
John  Henry  Hobart  470 

Reference  to  489 

Newcome,  William  546 

New  Jersey,  Diocese  of.  Pas- 
toral Address,  1808  47 
Motion  for  Election  of  a 

Bishop  for,  1808  48 

New  York  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Tra<St  Society,  The  525 
Newtown,  St.  James's  Church, 

reference  to  540 

Norman,WilliamE.,referenceto   83 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Notes  on  the  Church  in 

America,  by  James  Kemp       572 

Oak  Hill,  Durham,  St.  Paul's 

Church  236 

Reference  to  566 

O'Gallagher,  S.  F.  131 

Ogden,  Elizabeth  64 

Reference  to  145,  i6i 

Ogden,  Mary  Chetwood,  Mar- 
riage of  327 

Ogden,  Uzal,  reference  to  47 

Old  Elizabeth  Town,  refer- 
ence to  262 

Onderdonk,  Benjamin  Tred- 

well,  reference  to  14,  524 


225 
286 

384 


r  ARKER,  Samuel  H. 
Parkinson,  John 
Parrott,  John  Francis 
Pastoral  Address,  Diocese  of 

New  Jersey,  1808  47 

Pastoral  Letter  of  the  House  of 

Bishops,  1808  47 

Patterson,  Robert  303 

Penn,  William,  Marriage  of, 

and  James  Abercrombie  319 

Perry,  Joseph,  reference  to  318,563 
Perth  Amboy,  St.  Peter's 

Church  349 

Petition  of  the  Diocese  of  Ma- 
ryland for  Incorporation  310 
Petition  of  St.  John'  s  Church, 

Elizabeth  Town,  1809  312 

Phelps,  Davenport, reference  to  452 

Daughters  of  4 

Physick,  Philip  Syng,  reference 

to  76,  322 


n  588 : 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Pierson,  Silas  296 

Pilmore,  Joseph,  reference  to  20 
Pittstown,  St.   Paul's   Church, 

Allen's  Hill  4 
Plumb,  Elijah  G.  479 
Poole,  Matthew  546 
Poor  Man's  Help,  The,  refer- 
ence to  408 
Portrait  of  Calvinism,  by  John 

Bowden  404 

Potter,  Demas  224 
Poughkeepsie,  Christ  Church, 

reference  to                       245,  307 
Pratt,  P.  519 
Prentice,  Joseph,  reference  to  290 
Preservative  against  Quaker- 
ism, by  Patrick  Smith  527 
Price,  Dr.,  Sermons  of.  Exami- 
nation of  174 
Price,  William  375 
Priestley,  Dr.,  Sermons  of.  Ex- 
amination of  174 
Prince  Nurseries,  The  509 
Protestant  Episcopal  Society  for 
the  Advancement  of  Chris- 
tianity   in    South    Carolina, 
The  426 
Publications   of  the   Christian 

Knovv'ledge  Society  155 

Reference  to  178 

Pultneyville,  St.  Peter's  Church  300 

Iv.'KTTOONE,  Elisha  Dunham, 

reference  to               70,  342,  572 

Rattoone,  Mrs.  Elisha  Dunham  70 

Read,  Samuel  375 

Reade,  John,  reference  to  421 

Redman,  Mary  304 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Religious  Tradts,  reference  to 

63,  169 
Rensselaerville, Trinity  Church    567 


Reynolds,  John  Henry 

Reynolds,  Samuel 

Ricketts,  James,  reference  to 

Ripley,  Samuel 
Reference  to 

Ritter,  Henry 

Robertson,  George 
Reference  to 

Robertson,  William 

Robinson  Street 
Reference  to 

Rodgers,  John 

Roe,  Azel 

Rogers,  Ammi,  reference  to 

Ross,  James 

Rudd,  John   Churchill,   refer- 
ence to  53,  188,  551 

Sands,  Mr.  518 

Savannah,  Georgia,  Christ 

Church  515 

Say  res,  Gilbert  Hunt,  reference 
to  368,372,378,381,396, 

398,  512 

Sayres,  John  Johnson,  refer- 
ence to 

Schooley's  Mountain 

Scottish  Seceders,  The 

Seabury,  Ann,  reference  to 

Sellar's  Tavern 

Sermon  on  the  Liturgy  of  the 
Episcopal      Church,    by 
James  Abercrombie 
Reference  to 

Sevvall,  Samuel 


29 
307 

201 
252 

307 
36 

60 
450 
256 
296 

87 
336 
318 
1 12 


206 
437 
304 
540 

438 


81 

86 

356 


c  589 : 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT 

PAGE 

Sheldon 

537 

Short  Hills  Estate  of  John 

Henry  Hobart 

180 

Shrewsbury,  Christ  Church, 

reference  to                      190, 

199 

Simons,  Harleston,  reference  to 

258, 

434 

Simons,  James  Dewar,  refer- 

ence to 

347 

Singleton,  John 

250 

Skaneateles,  St.  James's  Church 

534 

Skinner,  John 

14 

Skinner,John,  Primitive  Truth, 

by 

61 

Sloop  Maria 

189 

Smith,  Ann 

204 

Reference  to 

212 

Smith,  Mr.,  of  Springfield 

64 

Smith,  Mr. 

438 

Smith,  Robert,  reference  to 

116 

Smith,  Robert  &  Co.,  reference 

to 

187 

Smith,  Robert,  of  Maryland 

211 

Smith,    Robert    Hobart,  refer- 

ence to 

116 

Smith,  William,  Jr. 

478 

Smith,  William  Alexander,  ref- 
erence to 
Smith,  Patrick,  Preservative 

against  Quakerism,  by 
Snyder,  Simon 

Society  for  Confirming  and  Ex- 
tending the  Interests  of 
the  Christian  Religion  in 
General,  and  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church 
in  Particular 
Reference  to 


116 


527 
"3 


62 
74 


154 
385 
155 

178 


SUBJECT  P 

Society  for  the    Promotion   of 
Christian  Knowledge 

Reference  to 

Publications  of 

Reference  to 
Society  for   the   Promotion  of 

Religion  and  Learning,  ref- 
erence to  4, 404, 500 
Southold  540 
Spelling  of  Bronson,  The  392 
St.  Andrew's  Church,  Mt. 

Holly,  reference  to  48,54 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing, 

reference  to  540 

St.  James's  Church,  Knowlton, 

reference  to  54 

St.  James's  Church,  Milton, 

reference  to  318,563 

St.  James's  Church,  Newtown, 

reference  to  540 

St.  James's  Church,  Skanea- 
teles 534 
St.  John,  Theophilus  (Samuel 

Clapham)  23 1 

St.  John's  Church,  Catharine      530 
St.  John's  Church,  Clifton 
Springs 

Reference  to 
St.  John's   Church,  Elizabeth 
Town,  New  Jersey 

Petition  of,  1 809 
St.  John's  Church,  Stillwater, 

reference  to  318,  563 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Catskill, 

reference  to  452,474 

Consecration  of  290 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Hoosick 

Falls  563 


299 
537 


144 
312 


C  590  3 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloom- 

ingdale,  reference  to  199 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Allen's  Hill       4 

Reference  to  301 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Oak  Hill, 

Durham  236 

Reference  to  566 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany, 

reference  to  563 

and  John  Croes  330 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn, 

reference  to  537 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Freehold, 

reference  to  48 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Perth  Am- 

boy  349 

St.    Peter's    Church,    Pultney- 

ville  300 

Stamford,  New  York,  reference 

to  236 

Stebbins,  Cyrus,  reference  to 

548,  563 
Stebbins,  Mrs.  Cyrus  78 

Steele  &  Co.,  Oliver,  reference 

to  478 

Stevens,  Richard  John  Samuel      69 
Stewart,  Charles,  reference  to 

392,487 
Stillwater,  St.  John's  Church, 

reference  to  318,563 

Stone,  William  Murray  26 

Reference  to  36,60,250 

Strebeck,  George  286 

Stuart,  Moses  383 

Sussex  Co.,  New  York,  refer- 
ence to  54 
Swedesboro,  New  Jersey,  Trin- 
ity Church  90 

C    59 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

Swords,  Thomas  and  James, 

reference  to  71,74,81,145, 

I47>  165.  174,  242,  287,290, 

316,390,527 

Swords,  Thomas,  Jr.  343 

Tarin,  Mr.  228 

Tayler,  John  561 

Taylor,  Nehemiah  189 
Thanks  of  House  of  Bishops 

to  Dr.  Bend,  1808  74 
Thomson,  James  147 
Tomline,  Sir  George  Pretyman  445 
Towner,  Zaccheus  391 
Trask,  Nahum  450 
Trinity  Church,  Ashland  238 
Trinity  Church,  Athens,  refer- 
ence to  307 
Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  ref- 
erence to  363 
Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  refer- 
ence to  298 
Trinity  Church,  Newark,  Con- 
secration Sermon  at,  by 
John  Henry  Hobart  470 
Reference  to  489 
Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville  567 
Trinity  Church,  Swedesboro, 

New  Jersey  90 
Trinity  Church,  Utica,  refer- 
ence to  363 
Trippe,  John  570 
Troup,  Robert,  reference  to  560 
Tucker,  Josiah  228 
TunniclitF,  John,  reference  to  127 
Turner,  Joseph  Herbert  22 

Union  Academy, Wallingford    282 

1    ] 


ANNOTATIONS 


SUBJECT  PAGE 

University  of  Vermont  485 

Utica,  Trinity  Church,  refer- 
ence to  363 

Van  Buskirk,  Abraham,  ref- 
erence to  239 
Van  Wagenen,  Gerrit  Hubert  403 
Vermont,  University  of              485 
Vernon                                           363 

Waddell,  Henry,  reference 

to  53 

Wade,  Jonas  180 

Wallingford,  Union  Academy  282 
Warner,  George,  reference  to  455 
Waterford,  Grace  Church,  ref- 
erence to  563 
West  Liberty  120 
Wharton,  Charles  Henry,  ref- 
erence to  53 
Wheaton,  Sahnon  383 
White,  William,  reference  to 

32,  54,  74 


SUBJECT 

Whitehead,  James,  reference 


74 


183 
478 
204 
212 


Whitlock,  Ephraim  L.,  refer- 
ence to 

Whitlock,  Henry 

Wiley,  Jane 
Reference  to 

Willard,  Joseph,  reference  to 

48,  53 
Williamson,  William,  refer- 
ence to  287 
Wilmer,  Simon  29 
Reference  to        53,  60,  90,  339 
Wilmer,  William  Henry,  ref- 
erence to                           221,  249 
Wiltbank,  James                              25 
Woodbridge  (now  Bethany), 

Christ  Church  414 

Woolsey,  Abby  (Howland)         446 
WyckofF,  Henry  J.  304 

;^ion's  Pilgrim,  by  Robert 

Hawker  409 


C  592  n 


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The  Churchman's  Magazine.  New  Series  for  the  Year  of  Our  Lord 
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Lowndes,  Arthur 

A  Century  of  Achievement.  The  History  of  the  New  York  Bible 
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Preface  containing  a  History  of  the  Church  in  America,  by  Walter 
Farquhar  Hook,  D.D.,  Vicar  of  Leeds,  Prebendarj'  of  Lincoln, 
and  Chaplain  in  Ordinary  to  the  Queen.  Oxford:  D.  A.  Talboys, 
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Meade,  William 

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The  Monthly  Anthology,  and  Boston  Review  ;  containing  Sketches 
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Edited  by  a  Society  of  Gentlemen. 

"  Omnes  undique  fiouulos  carpam  atque  delibem." 

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Packard,  Thomas  J. 

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Parker,  James 

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the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  New  Jersey,  1785-1816,  and 
Biographical  Notices  of  Lay-Delegates  in  those  years.  Compiled 
by  James  Parker.  New  York:  John  Polhemus,  Printer  and  Mfg. 
Stationer,  102  Nassau  Street.  1889.  (These  sketches  were  pub- 
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Reprinted,  1890.) 

Pascoe,  C.  F. 

Two  Hundred  Years  of  the  S.  P.  G. :  An  Historical  Account  of 
the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
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Pascoe,  Keeper  of  the  Records. 

"  God  is  working  His  purpose  out,  as  year  succeeds  to  year: 
God  is  working  His  purpose  out,  and  the  time  is  drawing  near  — 
Nearer  and  nearer  draws  the  time,  the  time  that  shall  surely  he. 
When  the  earth  shall  be  filled  with  the  glory  of  God,  as  the  waters 
cover  the  sea. 

"  All  we  can  do  is  nothing  worth,  unless  God  blesses  the  deed. 
Vainly  lue  hope  for  the  harvest,  till  God  gives  life  to  the  seed; 
ITet  nearer  and  nearer  draws  the  time,  the  time  that  shall  surely  be. 
When  the  earth  shall  be  filled  with  the  glory  of  God,  as  the  waters 

cover  the  sea."  A.  C.  Ainger. 

"  Lift  up  noiv  thine  eyes,  and  look  .  .  .  northward,  and  southward,  and  eastward, 
and  westward.  .  .  .  Arise,  walk  through  the  land." —  Gen.  xiii.  14-17. 

London:  Published  at  the  Society's  Office,  19  Delahay  Street, 
Westminster,  S.  W.  1901. 

Peterkin,  George  W. 

A  History  and  Record  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
Diocese  of  West  Virginia,  and  before  the  Formation  of  the  Diocese 
in  1878,  in  the  Territory  now  known  as  the  State  of  West  Virginia. 
Compiled,  Arranged,  and  Contributed  by  George  W.  Peterkin,  the 
First  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Diocese  of 
West  Virginia.  1878.  The  Tribune  Company,  Printers,  Charles- 
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PiNCKNEY,  James  D. 

Reminiscences  of  Catskill.  Local  Sketches.  By  the  Late  James  D. 
Pinckney,  together  \\ith  Interesting  Articles  by  Thurlovv  Weed, 
Edwin  Croswell,  S.  Sherwood  Day,  and  Joseph  Hallock,  Esqrs. 
Catskill:  J.  B.  Hall,  Publisher,  "Recorder  and  Democrat"  Office. 
1868. 

Registry  of  Ordinations 

Diocese  of  Connecticut.  A  Reprint  in  full  of  the  Registry  of  Ordi- 
nations by  Bishops  Seabury  and  Jarvis,  as  published  in  the  Journal 
of  A.D.  1882,  by  Order  of  the  Convention. 

Smith,  Horace  Wemyss 

Life  and  Correspondence  of  the  Rev.  William  Smith,  D.D.,  First 
Provost  of  the  College  and  Academy  of  Philadelphia;  First  Presi- 
dent of  Washington  College,  Maryland ;  President  of  the  St.  An- 
drew's Society  of  Philadelphia ;  President  of  the  Corporation  for 
the  Relief  of  the  Widows  and  Children  of  Clergymen  in  the  Com- 
munion of  the  Church  of  England  in  America ;  Secretary  of  the 
American  Philosophical  Society,  etc.,  etc.,  with  Copious  Extracts 
from  his  Writings.  By  his  Great-grandson,  Horace  Wemyss  Smith, 
Member  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  Editor  of  the 
"Miscellaneous  Works  of  Richard  Penn  Smith,"  of  "The  York 
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Sprague,  William  B. 

Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit ;  or  Commemorative  Notices  of  Dis- 
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the  Early  Settlement  of  the  Country  to  the  Close  of  the  Year  Eighteen 
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&:  Brothers,  530  Broadway.  1859-69. 

Trial  of  Bishop  Onderdonk 

The  Proceedings  of  the  Court  convened  under  the  Third  Canon  of 
1844,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  on  Tuesday,  December  10,  1844, 
for  the  Trial  of  the  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  D.D., 
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Virginia, Tennessee,  and  Georgia.  By  Authority  of  the  Court.  New- 
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Turner,  Samuel  H. 

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fessor of  Biblical  Learning  and  the  Interpretation  of  Scripture  in  the 
General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America.  New-York:  A.  D.  F.  Randolph, 
683  Broadway.  1864. 

TuTTLE,  William  P. 

Address  by  William  P.  Tuttle  at  Hobart  Hill,  October  19,  1896. 
[In  History  of  Union  County,  New  Jersey.  Illustrated.  Edited  by 
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Tyng,  Charles  Rockland 

Record  of  the  Life  and  Work  of  the  Rev.  Stephen  HigginsonTyng, 
D.D.,  and  History  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  to  the  Close 
of  his  Rectorship.  Compiled  by  his  Son,  Charles  Rockland  Tyng. 
New  York :  E.  P.  Button  &  Company,  31  West  23d  Street.  1890. 

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INDEX 


Abercrombie,  James,  Charges  of, 
85,269,470. 

Le£lures  on  the  Catechism  by,  34, 
107,124,320. 

Review  of,  by  Hobart,  81,  320. 

Letters  from,  33,  80,  85,  105, 
2691319,345,374,469,488, 
489. 

Sermon  on  the  Liturgy  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church  by,  81,  86. 
Abercrombie  and  the  William  Penn 

Marriage,  319. 
AA  of  Parliament  for  Consecration 

of  Bishops  not  subjeds  of  British 

Crown,  493. 
Adams,  Parker,  563. 

Letters  from,  317,406. 
Adams,  Pliny,  487. 
Addison,  Walter  Dulaney,  206. 
Albany,  St.  Peter's  Church,  563. 

and  John  Croes,  330. 
Albany  Bible  and  Common  Prayer 

Book  Society,  562. 
Albany  Centinel  Controversy,  301. 
Alexander,  William,  363. 
AUender,  Dr.,  396. 
Allen's  Hill,  St.   Paul's  Church,  4, 

301. 
Apology   for    Apostolic    Order,  by 

John  Henry  Hobart,  131,  301. 
Armstrong,  John,  32. 
Ashland,  Trinity  Church,  238. 
Aspinwall,  Emily  Phillips,  444,494. 
Athens, Trinity  Church,  307. 
Atwell,  Thomas,  374. 
Auburn,  St.  Peter's  Church,  537. 
Aurelius,  299,  534. 

: 


JjALDWiN,  Amos  Glover,  452. 
Letter  from,  360. 

Ball,  David,  311,  572. 

Baptismal  Regeneration,  387. 

Barber,    Daniel,    Letter    from    and 
sketch  of,  447. 

Barclay,  Francis,  380. 

Bartow,  Anthony  Abramse,  518. 

Bartow,  John  Vanderbilt,  198,  259, 
546. 
Letter  from  and  sketch  of,  513. 

Bartow,  Leonard,  518. 

Bartow,  Theodosius,  M.D.,or  An- 
thony Abramse,  or  Leonard,  518. 

Bayard,  Lewis  Pintard,  Letter  from, 

543- 
Sketch  of,  541. 
Beach,  Abraham,  20,  70,  572. 
Letter  to,   from   Bela    Hubbard, 
412. 
Beaman,  Samuel,  487. 
Beasley,  Frederic,  133,   159,  165, 
221,  254,  342,  368. 
Convention  Sermon  of,  142. 
Godson  of,  396. 

Letters  from,  287,  370,  376,393, 
396,510.  [512. 

Beasley,  Maria,  288,373,  378,  396, 
Bell,  Andrew,  422. 
Bell,  Hamilton,  25. 
Bend  and  Dashiell  Motion  in  Gen- 
eral Convention,  1808,  70,  73. 
Bend,  Joseph  Grove  John,  37,  60, 
263,311,368,381,507,512. 
Letters  from,  65,  72,  133,  163, 
220,  240,  247,  252, 260, 265, 
3'5,  475- 
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INDEX 


Bend, Joseph  Grove  John, Thanksof 

House  of  Bishops  to,  1 808,  74. 
Bend,  Mrs.  Joseph  Grove  John,  70, 

74,252,  254. 
Bend,  Mary  B.,  166. 
Bend,  William,  475. 
Benson,  Egbert,  560. 
Berrian,  William,  184,  512. 
Best,  William,  518. 
Bethany,  Christ  Church,  414. 
Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  437. 
Betsey,  The,  147. 
Bill,  James  I.,  500,  554. 
Birch,  Samuel,  69. 
Bissel,  Mr.,  169. 
Blackwell,  Robert,  489. 
Blanchard,  Caleb,  224. 
Blenheim,  239. 

Bloomfield,  537.  [i99- 

Bloomingdale,  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bostock,  Benjamin,  346. 
Bowden,  John,  132,  147,  170,342, 
392,  450,487,  527. 

Letters  from,  276,  451. 

Letters  on  Episcopacy  by,  34,  86, 
102,  107,  124, 149, 301- 

Portrait  of  Calvinism  by,  404. 

Sketch  of,  270. 
Bowen,  Margaret,  434. 
Bowen,  Nathaniel,  130,  258,  268, 

3117322,434- 
Letter  to,  from  James  Dewar  Si- 
mons, 424. 
Brady,  John,  284. 

Letter  from  and  sketch  of,  550. 
Branch  of  the  Bank  of  the  United 
States,  New  York  City,  1 80, 1 85, 
400,  495. 


Brenton,  Frances,  Letter  from  and 

sketch  of,  135. 
Brig  Despatch,  519. 
Briscoe,  William,  63,  124. 
British  and  Foreign   Bible  Society, 

497- 
Bronson,  Abraham,  445,  492. 

Letter  from  and  sketch  of,  388. 
Bronson,  The  spelling  of,  392. 
Bronson,  Tillotson,  282. 
Buck,  Gould,  391. 
Bulkley,  Barzillai,  286,  524. 

Letter  from,  244. 

Sketch  of,  243. 
Bull,  Levi,  23. 
Burhans,  Daniel,  14. 

Letter  from,  482. 

Sketch  of,  481. 
Burkitt,  William,  546. 
Burnet,  Jacob,  187,  228. 
Burroughs,  Charles,  313. 
Butler,  David,  307,  500,  554. 
Butternuts,  126. 

C-iAMPBELL,  John    Barnwell,    268, 

269. 
Cannell,  Isaac,  Jr.,  249. 
Catharine,  St.  John's  Church,  530. 
Catskill,  St.  Luke's    Church,  452, 

474- 
Consecration  of,  290. 
Chamberlaine,  May,  170. 
Chapman, James,  14,  165, 190,  221, 
226, 239, 240, 249, 254, 261, 
326,  351,  368,  383,  512. 
Letter  to,  from  John  Henry  Ho- 

bart,  262. 
Letters  from,  134,263,348,422. 


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INDEX 


Charges  of  James  Abercrombie,  85, 

269,  470. 
Charity  Hymn,  1808,68. 
Charleston  Bible  Society,  The,  429. 
Charleston  Courier,  The,  130,147. 
Checkley,  John,  449. 
Chift'elo,  Thomas,  434. 
Christ  Church,  Cooperstown,  532. 
Christ  Church,  Coxsackie,  84,  307. 
Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh,  452, 

568. 
Christ  Church,  Hampton,  487. 
Christ  Church  (now  Holy  Trinity), 

Middletown,  Connecticut,  94. 
Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  245, 

307- 
Christ  Church,  Savannah,  Georgia, 

515- 
Christ    Church,    Shrewsbury,   190, 

199. 
Christ  Church,   Woodbridge,   now 

Bethany,  414. 
Christian's    Magazine,    Tlje,    178, 

487. 
Churchman's  Magazine,  The,  New 

Series,  14,  42,53,60,71,  74,77, 

81,  83,  86,  102,  104,  124,  126, 

130^  138,  i47>  149^  150,  157^ 
165,  169,  178,  221,  225,  232, 
242,  254,  261,  266,  269,  290, 
316,  318,  342,  372,  375,  390, 
409,421,470,472,489,  519. 

Circular  of  New  Series  of  Church- 
man's Magazine,  by  John  Henry 
Hobart,  42. 

Claggett,  Thomas  John,  62,  252. 

Clapham,  Samuel,  63,  231. 

Clark,  Orin,  530. 

Clark,  Peter  Gilchrist,  485. 


Clark,  William  Atwater,  532. 
Clarke,  Abraham  Lynsen,  534,  539. 
Clarke,  Peter  Lynsen,  533. 
Clay,  Slator,  20. 
Clifton  Springs,  St.  John's  Church, 

299,537- 
Clowes,  Timothy,  Letter  from,  558. 

Sketch  of,  557. 
Coale  &  Thomas,  165,  249,  315. 
Colden,  Cadwallader,  Letter  of,  342. 
Coleman,  John,  254. 
Coleman, William,  221,  250. 
Colt,  Samuel,  402. 
Columbia  College,  New  York,  1 8 1 1 , 

561. 
Commentaries   on    the   Holy    Bible 

of  Symon   Patrick  and   William 

Lowth,  234,  545. 
Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gos- 
pel in  the  State  of  New  York,  83, 

298,307. 
Companion   for  the  Altar,  by  John 

Henry    Hobart,   109,   232,  401, 


Connecticut  Evangelical  Magazine, 

127. 
Consecration  of  St.  Luke's  Church, 

Catskill,  290. 
Constitution    and    Canons,    1808, 

506,  521. 
Constitution  of  the  Diocese  of  Rhode 
Island,  The,  10. 

Note  on,  6.  [i37' 

Convocation  at  Watertown,  1807, 
Cooperstown,  Christ  Church,  532. 
Cotterill,  Mr.,  229. 
Cotton,  Charles  Caleb,  445,  494. 
Course    of    Ecclesiastical    Studies, 

1804,  545. 

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INDEX 


Cox,  Edmund  Noel,  341. 
Coxsackie,  Christ  Church,  84,  307. 
Crocker,  Nathan  Bourne,  30. 
Croes,  John,  and  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany,  330. 

Letters  from,  51,  90,  119. 

Sketch  of,  49. 
Croes,  John,  Jr.,  54,  120. 
Croswell,  Thomas  O'Hara,  472. 

JDalcho,  Frederick,  130,  147. 

Dana,  James,  414. 

Dashiell, George,  20,  32,  60,  70, 73, 

372.  399- 

Motion  in   General  Convention, 
1808,  by  Bend  and,  70,  73. 
Daughters  of  Davenport  Phelps,  4. 
Davis,  Asahel,  330. 

Letter  from  and  sketch  of,  324. 
Davis,  Henry  Lyon,  254. 
Davis,  John,  Letter  from  and  sketch 

of,  285. 
Davis,  Mrs.  John,  286. 
Day,William,Letterfrom  and  sketch 

of,  222. 
Dayton,  Elias  Bayley,  509. 

Letter  to,  from  John  Henry  Ho- 
bart,  179. 

from  William  Day,  222. 

Letters  from,  64,  162,  173,  185, 
188,  223,  229,  400,495. 
Dayton,  Jane  Tongreiou,  145. 

Letters  from,  358,  508. 
Dayton,  William,  495. 
Dehon,  Theodore,  434. 
Deneall,  George,  368. 
Dick,  John  L.,  303. 
Doddridge,  Philip,  545. 
Dorsey,  William  H.,  74. 


Duanesburgh,  Christ  Church,  452, 

568. 
Dumont,Mary  Brewerton  (Swords), 

344- 

JliARLE,  Thomas,  169. 
Eastern  Diocese,  The,  357. 
Eaton,  Asa,  Letters  from,  201,  313. 

Sketch  of,  200, 
Elizabeth  Town,  St.  John's  Church, 
144. 

Petition  of,  1809,  312. 
Emmanuel  Church,  Little  Falls,  363. 
Empie,  Adam,  77,  79,  264,  563. 
English,  David,  Letters  from,  203, 

204. 
English,  Sarah,  206. 
Episcopal  Academy  of  Connedticut, 

The,  278. 
Erskine,  David  Montague,  208. 
Essays  on  the  Subjefl:  of  Episcopacy, 

by  John  Henry  Hobart,  446. 
Ewing,  Mr.,  146. 
Examination  of  Dr.  Price's  and  Dr. 

Priestley's  Sermons,  i  74. 


Tairchild,   Ward,  Letters    from, 
38,  39,  246. 

Sketch  of,  38. 
Fairfield,  Trinity  Church,  363. 
Fairfield  Academy,  363. 
Farrer,  John,  232. 
Fay,    Jedediah,    Letter     from    and 

sketch  of,  138. 
Felch,  Nathan,  478. 
Feltus,  Henry  James,  32. 

Letter  from,  296. 

Sketch  of,  291. 
Ferry  and  creek  boats,  161. 

c  606  :\ 


Flinn,  Andrew,  431. 

Flushing,  St.  George's  Church,  540. 

Foote,  J.  &  J.  P.,  40. 

Foote,  John,  417. 

Fountain,  Mr.,  400. 

Fraser,  Donald,  87. 

Certificates  to,  from  John  Rodg- 
ers,  Samuel  Latham  Mitchell, 
Benjamin  Moore,  and  Robert 
Lenox,  87. 

Frazer,   Rebecca,  Letter  from  and 
sketch  of,  267. 

Freehold,  St.  Peter's  Church,  48. 

French,  Peter  P.,  487. 

Fuller,  Samuel,  566. 

Furman,  Richard,  430. 


Christopher    Edwards, 


Ctadsden 

429. 
Gallatin,  Albert,  208. 
Geneva,  Trinity  Church,  298,  530. 
Genoa,  536. 
Gervais,  Paul  Trapier,  258,  434. 

Letters  from,  75,  321. 
Gibson,   Robert,   Letter   from   and 

sketch  of,  213. 
Gibson,  Robert,  Jr.,  213. 
Gibson,  William   Lewis,  60,  206, 

Giles,  William  Branch,  211. 
Gillender,  James,  409. 
Gisborne,  Thomas,  231. 
Glasse,  Henry  George,  232. 
Glentworth,  George,  346. 
Grace  Church,  Waterford,  563. 
Great  Britain  and  the  United  States, 

April,  i8og,  208. 
Griffin,  Edward  Dorr,  331. 
Griswold,  Alexander  Viets,  449. 


INDEX 

riALi,,  Captain,  242. 

Hall,  Ezra,  232. 

Hampton,  Christ  Church,  487. 

Handy,  George  Dashiell  S.,  29. 

Handy,  John   C,  Letter  from  and 

sketch  of,  241. 
Harris, William,  132,  147,  259,357, 
390>  572- 

Letter   to,   from    Dudley   Atkins 
Tyng,  354. 
Hart,  Ruth,  79. 
Hart,  Seth,  Letters  from,  79,  264, 

409. 
Haweis,  Thomas,  62. 
Hawker,  Robert,  Zion's  Pilgrim  by, 

409. 
Hawley,  William,  63,  169. 
Hayward,  George  Robins,  506. 
Henshaw,   John    Prentiss    Kewley, 

390. 
Herbert,  William,  368. 
Herriman,  Miss,  359. 
Hetfield,  Smith,  331. 
Heyer,  Mr.,  188,  224. 
Higbee,  Daniel,  48,  53. 
Hobart,  Elizabeth   Catherine,  359, 

372- 
Hobart,    John    Henry,    and    Cave 
Jones,  536. 

Apology  for  Apostolic  Order  by, 

13^301- 

Circular  of  New  Series  of  Church- 
man's Magazine  by,  42. 

Companion  for  the  Altar  by,  1 69, 
232,301,408. 

Consecration  Sermon  at  Newark 
by,  470,  489. 

Essays  on  the  Subje£t  of  Episco- 
pacy by,  446. 


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Hobart,  John  Henry,  Letter  from, 
to  James  Chapman,  262. 

to  Elias  Bayley  Dayton,  179. 

Review  of  Abercrombie's  Lectures 
by,  81,320. 

Short  Hills  Estate  of,  180. 
Hobart,  Mary,  224,  228,  258. 
Hobart,  Robert  Enoch,  Jr.,  470. 
Hoifman,  Anna,  Letter  from  and 

sketch  of,  476. 
Holy  Trinity  Church,  Middletown, 

Connefticut,  94. 
Honeoye,  404. 
Hoosick  Falls,  St.  Mark's  Church, 

563- 
Hopkinson,  Joseph,  346. 
Hough,  Robert,  242. 
House  of  Bishops,  Pastoral  Letter 
of,  1808,  47. 

Thanks  of,  to  Dr.  Bend,  1808, 

74- 
How,  Thomas  Yardley,  120,  124, 
147,  169,  204,  259,  399,  509, 

549- 

Hubbard,  Bela,  Letters  from,  10 1, 
136,  226,  412. 

Hubbard,  Reuben,  387,  568. 

Hubbard,  Solomon,  450. 

Humis,  Mrs.,  434. 

Huntington,  David,  555. 

Letter  from  and  sketch  of,  547. 

Huntsburgh,  446,  494. 

Hymns  adopted  by  the  General  Con- 
vention, 1808,  34,116,  166. 

Ingraham,    Susan,    Letter     from, 
420. 
Sketch  of,  419. 
Ives,  Reuben,  418. 


INDEX 

J— J— 's  of  New  York,  518. 
Jackson,  Joseph,  37,  67,  74,  124, 
250,  266,  572. 

Letters  from,  55,  167,435,  501. 
Jacocks,  John  H.,  102. 

Letters  from,  153,  176,  382. 

Sketch  of,  152. 
Jeffrys,  Henry,  331. 
Jenkins,  Jeremiah  Fones,  12. 
Jennings,  David,  545. 
Jewett,  Stephen,  485. 
Jones,   Cave,   36,  236,   259,  330, 
518,572. 

and  John  Henry  Hobart,  536. 
Jones,  Isaac,  413,  452,  455. 
Jones,  Jasper  Davis,  53. 

Letter  from,  71. 
Jones,  Mr.,  408. 
Jones,  William,  of  Nayland,  127. 
Judd,  Bethel,  61. 


K.EITH,  James,  368. 
Kemp,  Elizabeth,  572. 
Kemp,  James,  60,  67,  74,  169,  242, 
250, 278, 507. 
Episcopacy    Vindicated    by,    37, 

104,  124. 
Letters  from,  35,  103,  122,  158, 

308,  340,  569. 
Notes  on  the  Church  in  America 
by,  572. 
Kemp,  Mrs.  John,  278. 
Kewley,  John,  102,  124,  159,  169, 

174,  221,  249. 
King,  Rufus,  Letter  from,  369. 
Kinsey,  Mrs.,  268. 
Knowlton,  St.  James's  Church,  54. 
Kollock,  Henry,  134,  515. 


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INDEX 


L/AiRD,  James,  26,  36. 
Laurence,  Richard,  236,  307. 
Lawrence,  Jonathan  Hampton,  161. 
Ledtures  on  the  Catechism, by  James 
Abercrombie,    34,    107,    124, 
320. 

Review  of,  by  Hobart,  81,  320. 
Lee,  Barbara,  470,  488,  490. 
Lee,  Edmund  Jennings, Lettersfrom, 
326,  351,  365,  379- 

Sicetch  of,  325. 
Lenox,  Robert,  8g. 

Certificate  from,  to  Donald  Era- 
ser, 87. 
Letter  of  Cadwallader  Colden  in  the 

Churchman's  Magazine,  342. 
Letter  to  the  Monthly  Anthology  in 

the  Churchman's  Magazine,  150. 
Letters  on  Episcopacy, by  John  Bow- 
den,  34,  86,  102, 107,  124, 149, 

301. 
Little,  Michael,  470,  490. 
Little  Falls,  Emmanuel  Church,  363. 
Livingston,  John  R.,  160. 
Lobdell,  Nathan,  392. 
Lyell,  Thomas,  204,  239,  259,  381. 

Letter  from,  18. 

Sketch  of,  15. 

JVIackie,  Peter  and  Elizabeth,  359. 
Macklin,  George,  236. 
Manlius,  364,  532. 
Maria,  The  Sloop,  i8g. 
Marriage  of  xMary  Chetwood  Ogden, 

The,  327. 
Martin,  Solomon,  455. 
Marvin,  John,  264. 
Maryland,  Petition  of  Diocese  of,  for 

incorporation,  310. 


Mason,  John   Mitchell,   107,    132, 

n^->  3695  4«7.  560. 
McCall,  John,  426. 
McDonald,  Daniel,  284. 
McDowell,  John,  339. 
McVickar,  James,  555. 
Meeker,  Mr.,  487. 
Mercer,  Charles  Fenton,  36,  206, 

373>399- 
Meredith,  William,  320. 
Merrick,  James,  102. 
Mesier,  Peter,  178. 
Middlebury,  Vermont,  487. 
Middletown,    Connecticut,    Christ 

Church  (now  Holy  Trinity),  94. 
Miller,  Samuel,  63,  102,  112,  159, 

169,  342,  385. 
Milton,    St.  James's    Church,  318, 

563. 
Mitchell,  Samuel  Latham,  88. 

Certificate  from,  to  Donald  Era- 
ser, 87. 
Montague,  William,  356. 
Montezuma,  533. 
Monthly  Anthology,  The,  149. 

Letter  to,   in    the    Churchman's 
Magazine,  150. 
Moore,  Benjamin,  32,  78,  8g,  132, 
H7y  i5i>3i8,47o,475,49o, 
498,  540,  548,  572- 

Certificate  from,  to  Donald   Era- 
ser, 87.  [451. 

Letter   to,   from   John    Bowden, 

from  John  Owen,  496. 

from  Davenport  Phelps,  297. 
Moore,  Charity,  452. 
Moore,  John,  264. 
Moore,  Richard  Channing,  32,  68, 

159,  221,  240,  249,  311,  330. 


C  «09   J 


INDEX 


Morehouse,  Mr.,  i88. 
Moscrop,  Henry,  378. 
Motion  for  Eledion  of  a  Bishop  for 

New  Jersey,  1808,  48. 
Mount  Holly,  St.  Andrew's  Church, 

48,  54. 
Mountain,  Jacob,  444,  492. 
Munroe,  Francis  &  Parker,  149,225. 

JNash,  Daniel,  452,  532. 

Letters  from,  1 25,  407,  453,  480. 
Nash,  Olive,  455. 
Nelson's  Festivals  and  Fasts,  232, 

546. 
Nesbit,  Captain,  189. 
Newark,  Trinity  Church,  Consecra- 
tion Sermon  at,  by  John   Henry 

Hobart,  470,  489. 
Newcome,  William,  546. 
New   Jersey,   Diocese   of.    Pastoral 
Address,  1808,  47. 

Motion  for  Election  of  a  Bishop 
for,  1808,48. 
New    York     Protestant    Episcopal 

Trad  Society,  The,  525. 
Newtown,  St.  James's  Church,  540. 
Norman,  William  E.,  83. 
Notes  on  the  Church  in  America, by 

James  Kemp,  572. 

Oak     Hill,    Durham,    St.    Paul's 

Church,  236,  566. 
O'Gallagher,  S.  F.,  131. 
Ogden,  Aaron,  Letters  from,  160, 

327- 
Ogden,  Elizabeth,  64,  145,  161. 
Ogden,  Mary  Chetwood,  Marriage 

of,  327. 
Ogden,  Uzal,  47. 


Old  Elizabeth  Town,  262. 
Onderdonk,  Benjamin  Tredwell,  14, 
524. 

Letter  from,  468. 

Sketch  of,  456. 
Owen,  John,  Letter  from  and  sketch 

of,  496. 

X  ARDEE,   Amos,   Letter   from  and 
sketch  of,  230. 

Parker,  John   Rowe,  Letters   from, 
148,  225. 
Sketch  of,  148. 

Parker,  Samuel  H.,  225. 

Parkinson,  John,  286. 

Parrott,  John  Francis,  384. 

Pastoral  Address,  Diocese  of  New 
Jersey,  1808,  47. 

Pastoral  Letter  of  the  House  of  Bish- 
ops, 1808,  47. 

Patterson,  Robert,  303. 

Penn,    William,    Marriage   of,   and 
James  Abercrombie,  319. 

Perry,  Joseph,  318,  563. 

Perth   Amboy,  St.  Peter's    Church, 

349- 

Petition  of  the  Diocese  of  Maryland 
for  incorporation,  310. 

Petition  of  St.  John's  Church,  Eliza- 
beth Town,  1809,  312. 

Phelps,  Davenport,  452. 
Daughters  of,  4. 
Letters  from,  3,  297,  401,  528. 

Physick,  Philip  Syng,  76,  322. 

Pierson,  Silas,  296. 

Pilmore,  Joseph,  20. 

Pittstown,St.  Paul's  Church,  Allen's 
Hill,  4. 

Plumb,  Elijah  G.,  479. 


c  610 : 


Poole,  Matthew,  546. 

Poor  Man's  Help,  The,  408. 

Portrait  of  Calvinism,  by  John  Bow- 
den,  404. 

Potter,  Demas,  224.  [2°7- 

Poughkeepsie,  Christ  Church,  245, 

Pratt,  P.,  519. 

Prentice,  Joseph,  290. 

Letters  from,  82,  233,  306,  386. 

Preservative  against  Quakerism,  by 
Patrick  Smith,  527. 

Price,  Dr.,  Sermons  of.  Examination 
of,  I  74. 

Price,  William,  375. 

Priestley,  Dr.,  Sermons  of.  Exami- 
nation of,  I  74. 

Prince  Nurseries,  The,  509. 

Protestant  Episcopal  Society  for  the 
Advancement  of  Christianity  in 
South  Carolina,  The,  426. 

Pryce,  William,  Letter  from,  174. 

Publications  of  the  Christian  Know- 
ledge Society,  155,  178. 

Pultneyville,St.  Peter's  Church, 300. 


INDEX 

Ritt 


ivATTOONE,   Elisha    Dunham,   70, 

3+2,  572- 
Rattoone,  Mrs.  Elisha  Dunham,  70. 
Read,  Samuel,  375. 
Reade,  John,  421. 
Redman,  Mary,  304. 
Reed,  John,  Letters  from,  289,471, 

499,552. 
Religious  Trafts,  63,  169. 
Rensselaerville,TrinityChurch,567. 
Reynolds,  John  Henry,  29. 
Reynolds,  Samuel,  307. 
Ricketts,  James,  173. 
Ripley,  Samuel,  201,  252. 


Henry,  307. 
Robertson,  George,  36,  60. 
Robertson,  James,  Letters  from, 186, 

227,  302. 
Robertson,  William,  450. 
Robinson  Street,  256,  296. 
Rodgers,  John,  Certificate  from,  to 

Donald  Eraser,  87. 
Roe,  Azel,  336. 
Rogers,  Ammi,  3 1 8. 
Ross,  James,  1 12. 
Rudd,  John  Churchill,  53,  188,551. 

Letters  from,  41,  144,  184,  190, 
198,  312,323,  328,  330. 


Sands,  Mr.,  518. 

Savannah,  Georgia,  Christ  Church, 

515- 

Say  res,  Gilbert  Hunt,  368,  372,378, 
381,396,398,512. 
Letters  from,  524,  549. 
Sketch  of,  522. 

Sayres,  John  Johnson,  206. 

Schooley's  Mountain,  437. 

Schweitzer,  L.,  Letter  from  and 
sketch  of,  255. 

Scottish  seceders.  The,  304. 

Seabury,  Ann,  540. 

Seabury,  Charles,  Letter  from,  539. 

Sellar's  Tavern,  438. 

Sermon  on  the  Liturgy  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church,  by  James  Aber- 
crombie,  81,  86. 

Sewall,  Samuel,  356. 

Sheldon,  537. 

Short  Hills  Estateof  John  Henry  Ho- 
bart,  180. 

Shrewsbury, Christ  Church, 1 90, 1 99. 

Simons,  Harleston,  258,  434. 
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INDEX 


Simons,  James  Dewar,  347. 

Letters  from, 128,  146,  257,424, 
520. 

Singleton,  John,  250. 

Skaneateles,St.James's  Church,  534. 

Skinner,  John,  14. 

Primitive  Truth  by,  61. 

Sloop  Maria,  189. 

Smith,  Ann,  204,  212. 

Smith,  John  Rhea  Clarendon,  Let- 
ter from  and  sketch  of,  115. 

Smith,  Mr.,  of  Springfield,  64. 

Smith,  Mr.,  438. 

Smith,  Robert,  116. 

Smith,  Robert  &  Co.,  187. 

Smith,  Robert,  of  Maryland,  211. 

Smith,  Robert  Hobart,  116. 

Smith,  Walter,  Letter  from,  192. 
Sketch  of,  191. 

Smith,  William,  Letter  from,  477. 

Smith,  William,  Jr.,  478. 

Smith,  William  Alexander,  116. 

Smith,  Patrick,  Preservative  against 
Quakerism  by,  527. 

Snyder,  Simon,  113. 

Society  for  Confirming  and  Extend- 
ing the  Interests  of  the  Christian 
Religion  in  General,  and  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
Particular,  62,  74. 

Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Chris- 
tian Knowledge,  154,  385. 
Publications  of,  155,  178. 

Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Reli- 
gion and  Learning,  4,  404,  500. 

Southold,  540. 

Spelling  of  Bronson,  The,  392. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Mt.  Holly,48, 
54- 


St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  540. 

St.  James's  Church,  Knowlton,  54. 

St.  James's  Church,  Milton,  318, 
563- 

St.  James's  Church,  Newtown,  540. 

St.  James's  Church,  Skaneateles, 
534- 

St.  John,  Theophilus  (Samuel  Clap- 
ham),  231. 

St.  John's  Church,  Catharine,  530. 

St.  John's  Church,  Clifton  Springs, 

2991  537- 
St.  John's  Church,  Elizabeth  Town, 
New  Jersey,  144. 

Petition  of,  1809,  312. 
St.  John's  Church,  Stillwater,  318, 

563- 
St.   Luke's   Church,  Catskill,  452, 
474- 

Consecration  of,  290. 
St.  Mark's  Church,  Hoosick  Falls, 

563- 
St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale, 

199. 
St.   Paul's  Church,  Allen's  Hill,  4, 

301. 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Oak  Hill,  Dur- 
ham, 236,  566. 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  563. 

and  John  Croes,  330. 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn,  537. 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Freehold,  48. 
St. Peter's  Church, Perth  Amboy,  349. 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Pultney  ville,  300. 
Stamford,  New  York,  236. 
Stanford,  John,  Letter  from,  141. 

Sketch  of,  139. 
Startin,  Sarah,  Letter  from,  219. 

Sketch  of,  215. 


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Stebbins,  Cyrus,  548,  563. 

Letters  from,  77,  555. 
Stebbins,  Mrs.  Cyrus,  78. 
Steele  &  Co.,  Oliver,  478. 
Stevens,  Richard  John  Samuel,  69. 
Stewart,  Charles,  392,  487. 

Letters  from,  442,  491. 

Sketch  of,  439. 
Stillwater,  St.  John's   Church,  318, 

563. 
Stone,  William  Murray,  26,  36,  60, 

250. 
Strebeck,  George,  286. 
Stuart,  Moses,  383. 
Sussex  County,  New  Jersey,  54. 
Swedesboro,    New   Jersey,   Trinity 

Church,  90. 
Swords,  Thomas  and  James,  71,  74, 

81,  145,  I47>  165,  174,  242, 
287,  290,  316,390,  527. 
Letter  from,  13. 
Letter  to,  from  Amos  Pardee,  230. 
Swords,  Thomas,  Letter  from,  343. 
Swords,  Thomas,  Jr.,  343. 

Xarin,  Mr.,  228. 

Tayler,  John,  561. 

Taylor,  Nehemiah,  189. 

Thanks  of  House  of  Bishops  to  Dr. 

Bend,  1808,  74. 
Thomson,  James,  147. 
Tomline,  Sir  George  Pretyman,445. 
Towner,  Zaccheus,  391. 
Trask,  Nahum,  450. 
Trinity  Church,  Ashland,  238. 
Trinity  Church,  Athens,  307. 
Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  363. 
Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  298. 


Trinity  Church,  Newark,  Consecra- 
tion Sermon  at,  by  John  Henry 
Hobart,  470,  489. 

TrinityChurch,Rensselaerville,567. 

Trinity  Church,  Swedesboro,  New 
Jersey,  90. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica,  363. 

Trippe,  John,  570. 

Troup,  Robert,  560. 

Tucker,  Josiah,  228. 

Tunnicliff,  John,  127. 

Turner,  Joseph  Herbert,  22.    [354. 

Tyng,  Dudley  Atkins,  Letter  from. 
Sketch  of,  352. 

Union  Academy, VVallingford,  282. 
University  of  Vermont,  485. 
Utica,  Trinity  Church,  363. 

Van  Buskirk,  Abraham,  239. 
Van  Wagenen,  Gerrit  Hubert,  403. 
Vermont,  University  of,  485. 
Vernon,  363. 

Waddell,  Henry,  53. 
Wade,  Jonas,  180. 
Wallingford,  Union  Academy,  282. 
Warner,  George,  455. 
Waterford,  Grace  Church,  563. 
West  Liberty,  120. 
Wharton,  Charles  Henry,  53. 
Wheaton,  Salmon,  383. 
White,  William,  32,  54,  74. 
Whitehead,  James,  74. 
Whitlock,  Ephraim  L.,  183. 
Whitlock,  Henry,  478. 
Wiley,  Jane,  204,  212. 
Willard,  Joseph,  48,  53. 
Williamson,  William,  287. 


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Wilmer,  Simon,  29, 53,  60,  go,  339.  Woolsey,  Abby  (Rowland),  446. 

Wilmer,  William  Henry,  221,249.  Wyckoff,  Henry  J.,  304. 
Wiltbank,  James,  25. 

Woodbridge  (now  Bethany),  Christ  Aion's  Pilgrim,  by  Robert  Hawker, 

Church,  414.  409. 


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